CVE-2015-7989

WordPress Core < 4.3.1 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting

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 the user list table in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted e-mail address, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5714.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en la tabla de lista de usuarios en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.3.1 permite a usuarios remotos autenticados inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través de una dirección de e-mail manipulada, una vulnerabilidad diferente de CVE-2015-5714.

*Credits: Ben Bidner

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

Low

User Interaction

Required

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

2015-09-15 CVE Published
2015-10-28 CVE Reserved
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 (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979	Vdb Entry
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7989	X_refsource_confirm
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8187	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1	2017-11-04
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f91a5fd10ea7245e5b41e288624819a37adf290a	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