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CVE-2015-3429

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.

Published

2015-06-17T18:59:03.377

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	automattic	genericons	≤ 3.3	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.2.1	No
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534 ([email protected])
https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7 ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965 ([email protected])
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability Exploit ([email protected])
https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/ Exploit ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/ Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)