CVE-2015-5732

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the form function in the WP_Nav_Menu_Widget class in wp-includes/default-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a widget title.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-5732

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2015-11-09T11:59:04

Last Modified Date
2017-11-04T01:29:07

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.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: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://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/33529
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/8131
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5732
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5732

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:12:39				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:09:01	2015-11-09T11:59Z	2015-11-09T11:59:04	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:09:01		2017-11-04T01:29:07	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:09:01		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated