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CVE-2015-5734

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.

Published

2015-11-09T11:59:06.557

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	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.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76331 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178 ([email protected])
https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/08/persistent-xss-vulnerability-in-wordpress-explained.html ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33549 ([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/8133 ([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.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76331 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/08/persistent-xss-vulnerability-in-wordpress-explained.html (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/33549 (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/8133 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)