CVE-2015-5622

WordPress Core < 4.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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 WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.2.3, permite a usuarios remotos autenticados inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través del aprovechamiento del rol de Author o Contributor para colocar un código corto manipulado dentro de un elemento HTML, relacionado con wp-includes/kses.php y wp-includes/shortcodes.php.

*Credits: Jon Cave,Jouko Pynnöne

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

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-07-23 CVE Reserved
2015-07-23 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76011	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033037	Vdb Entry
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33359	X_refsource_confirm
https://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress3.html	X_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8111	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3	2017-11-04
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3	2017-11-04

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328	2017-11-04
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332	2017-11-04
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383	2017-11-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 4.2.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 4.2.2"		-		Affected
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