CVE-2015-3429

Twenty Fifteen Theme <= 1.1 & WordPress Core < 4.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting via example.html

Severity Score

6.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a fragment identifier.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en example.html en Genericons anterior a 3.3.1, utilizado en WordPress anterior a 4.2.2, permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web arbitrarios o HTML a través de un identificador de fragmentos.

The security update for wordpress in DSA 3328 contained a regression. The patch for issue CVE-2015-5622 was faulty. A new package version has been released that backs this patch out pending resolution of the problem.

*Credits: Robert Abela

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-04-08 CVE Published
2015-04-27 CVE Reserved
2015-05-07 First Exploit
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534	Vdb Entry
https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7	X_refsource_confirm
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2	X_refsource_confirm
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/131802	2015-05-07
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41	2024-08-06
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability	2024-08-06
https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html	2018-10-09
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html	2018-10-09
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328	2018-10-09

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Automattic Search vendor "Automattic"	Genericons Search vendor "Automattic" for product "Genericons"	<= 3.3 Search vendor "Automattic" for product "Genericons" and version " <= 3.3"	-	Affected	in	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"	Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"	<= 4.2.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 4.2.1"	-	Safe
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected