CVE-2015-5714 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.29707.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-321-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3375-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3383-1	wordpress security update

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-22T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:04.355Z

Reserved: 2015-08-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-5714

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-22T01:59:01.413

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-5714

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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