CVE-2015-5734

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the legacy theme preview implementation in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-5734

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2015-11-09T11:59:06

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://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33549
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
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76331
https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/08/persistent-xss-vulnerability-in-wordpress-explained.html
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8133
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
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-2015-5734
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5734

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:12:39				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:09:06	2015-11-09T11:59Z	2015-11-09T11:59:06	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:09:06		2017-11-04T01:29:07	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 07:09:06		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated