CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
---|---|---|
5.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in WordPress up to 4.3.0 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown code block of the component Shortcode Tag Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was released 05/22/2016 by Netanel Rubin with Check Point (Website). The advisory is shared at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5714 since 08/02/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86213 (Debian DLA-321-1 : wordpress security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175530 (Debian Security Update for wordpress (DSA 3375-1)).
Upgrading to version 4.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86213). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 87562 and 87563.
Product
Type
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
VulDB Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Temp Score: 5.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 6.1
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
AV | AC | Au | C | I | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
---|---|---|---|---|
Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Nessus ID: 86213
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-321-1 : wordpress security update
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍
OpenVAS ID: 703375
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3375-1 (wordpress - security update)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍
Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: WordPress 4.3.1
Patch: github.com
Timeline
08/02/2015 🔍09/15/2015 🔍
09/30/2015 🔍
10/01/2015 🔍
05/21/2016 🔍
05/22/2016 🔍
05/23/2016 🔍
08/21/2022 🔍
Sources
Product: wordpress.comAdvisory: f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8
Researcher: Netanel Rubin
Organization: Check Point
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2015-5714 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍
SecurityTracker: 1033979
SecurityFocus: 76745 - WordPress CVE-2015-5714 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 05/23/2016 10:29Updated: 08/21/2022 13:29
Changes: 05/23/2016 10:29 (65), 12/09/2018 11:21 (15), 08/21/2022 13:29 (5)
Complete: 🔍
No comments yet. Languages: en.
Please log in to comment.