Vulnerability Report
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Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth <= 3.9.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via LaTeX markup within HTML elements

The Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via LaTeX markup within HTML elements in versions up to, and including, 3.9.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

Published
Feb 25, 2016
Last Updated
Jan 22, 2024
Slug
jetpack
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CVE No linked CVE entry.
Patched Versions
3.9.2
Affected Versions
*-3.9.1
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