CVE-2015-5714

WordPress Core < 4.3.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcodes

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 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.3.1 permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios aprovechando el manejo incorrecto de elementos HTML no cerrados durante el procesamiento de etiquetas acortadas.

*Credits: Shahar Tal,Netanel Rubin

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

2015-08-02 CVE Reserved
2015-09-15 CVE Published
2024-01-07 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 (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979	Vdb Entry
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8	X_refsource_confirm
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714	X_refsource_confirm
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1	2017-11-04
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1	2017-11-04

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375	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"				<= 4.3.0 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 4.3.0"		-		Affected