CVE-2015-5734
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.2.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.2.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.2.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.2.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.2.4+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | {"endIncluding":"4.2.3"} | |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76331
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/08/persistent-xss-vulnerability-in-wordpress-explained.html
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33549
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8133
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5734
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.