CVE-2010-4536

N/A Unknown
Published: January 03, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KSES, as used in WordPress before 3.0.4, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the & (ampersand) character, (2) the case of an attribute name, (3) a padded entity, and (4) an entity that is not in normalized form.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053289.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053293.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42755
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43000
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://wordpress.org/news/2010/12/3-0-4-update/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/30/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45620
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3335
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0167
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053289.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053293.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42755
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43000
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://wordpress.org/news/2010/12/3-0-4-update/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/30/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45620
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3335
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0167
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.4%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

wordpress

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