CVE-2015-5730

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None

Description

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-5730

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2015-11-09T11:59:01

Last Modified Date
2017-09-21T01:29:13

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-200	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::	1	OR		4.2.3

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33536
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33535
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8130
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5730
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5730

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:29:14				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:08:56	2015-11-09T11:59Z	2015-11-09T11:59:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:08:56		2017-09-21T01:29:13	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:08:56		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated