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CVE-2015-5730

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.

Published

2015-11-09T11:59:01.993

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.2.3	Yes

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178 ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33535 ([email protected])
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33536 ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8130 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33535 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33536 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8130 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)