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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WordPress up to 4.3.0 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component User List Table. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user list table in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted e-mail address, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5714.
The weakness was presented 05/22/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at wordpress.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7989 since 10/28/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86448 (Debian DSA-3375-1 : 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 175539 (Debian Security Update for wordpress (DSA 3383-1)).
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 (86448). See 76800, 87561 and 87562 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6
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Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 86448
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3375-1 : wordpress - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 703383
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3383-1 (wordpress - security update)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: WordPress 4.3.1
Patch: github.com
Timeline
10/19/2015 🔍10/20/2015 🔍
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Sources
Product: wordpress.comAdvisory: f91a5fd10ea7245e5b41e288624819a37adf290a
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-7989 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1033979
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Entry
Created: 05/23/2016 10:30Updated: 08/21/2022 13:40
Changes: 05/23/2016 10:30 (63), 12/09/2018 11:22 (11), 08/21/2022 13:40 (5)
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