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.
This vulnerability is a medium severity with CVSS 6.1 Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth. It affects Versions up to 3.9.1 and is fixed in 3.9.2.
the tracked vulnerability is tracked for the Plugin Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth as medium severity with CVSS 6.1. The affected range is Versions up to 3.9.1. Update Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth to 3.9.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
jetpack
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | No linked CVE entry. |
| Patched Versions |
3.9.2
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 3.9.1
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Jetpack <= 13.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Block & Shortcode Execution
Jetpack <= 12.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Manipulation
Jetpack <= 13.7 & Jetpack Boost <= 3.4.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth <= 13.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpvideo Shortcode
Jetpack <= 12.8-a.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via block attribute
Jetpack 13.0 - 14.0 - Reflected DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting
Jetpack <= 4.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
Jetpack <= 4.0.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
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