CVE-2015-3429

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-3429
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2015-06-17T18:59:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-09T19:56:52
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:automattic:genericons:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.3
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR 4.2.1
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/ Exploit
https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41 Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3429
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3429
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:34:15 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 05:07:57 2015-06-17T18:59Z 2015-06-17T18:59:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 05:07:57 2018-10-09T19:56:52 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 05:07:57 Modified Vulnerability Status updated