CVE-2010-4536
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KSES, as used in WordPress before 3.0.4,...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2010-4536- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2010-4536- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-4502 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2010-4502- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x7cw-w76m-9h8q No score
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KSES, as used in WordPress before 3.0.4,...
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.
- Record
GHSA-x7cw-w76m-9h8q- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2010-4536- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2010-4536 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4536- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-4536 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Wordpress, published January 3, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.45%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in wordpress 3.0.4+dfsg-1.
References
secunia.com/advisories/42755
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/30/1
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053293.html
core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0
wordpress.org/news/2010/12/3-0-4-update
vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0167