CVE-2015-5714 : Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags.

Published 2016-05-22 01:59:01

Updated 2017-11-04 01:29:07

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Products affected by CVE-2015-5714

Wordpress » Wordpress
Versions up to, including, (<=) 4.3.0
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

Threat overview for CVE-2015-5714

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80

IPs affected by CVE-2015-5714 5

Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5714

EPSS FAQ

0.63%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 79 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2015-5714

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.3	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N	8.6	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: None
6.1	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	2.8	2.7	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Changed Confidentiality: Low Integrity: Low Availability: None

CWE ids for CVE-2015-5714

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2015-5714

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8

Shortcodes: don't allow unclosed HTML elements in attributes · WordPress/WordPress@f72b21a · GitHub
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745

WordPress CVE-2015-5714 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375

Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3375-1 wordpress

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979

WordPress Bugs Let Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Bypass Publishing Permission Checks - SecurityTracker

CVEs referencing this url
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714

CVE-2015-5714
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186

WordPress <= 4.3 - Authenticated Shortcode Tags Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/

News – WordPress 4.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release – WordPress.org
Patch;Vendor Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1

Version 4.3.1 | WordPress.org
Patch

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383

Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3383-1 wordpress

CVEs referencing this url