CVE-2015-5734

medium

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.

References

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8133

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33549

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4

https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/08/persistent-xss-vulnerability-in-wordpress-explained.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76331

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-11-09

Updated: 2017-11-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N