Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wptexturize function in WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, and 3.9.x before 3.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted use of shortcode brackets in a text field, as demonstrated by a comment or a post.

Remediation

References

CVE-2014-9031

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2014-9031 CWE-707

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities