VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-5734

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.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 6.54%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 6.54% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79
Affected: wordpress/wordpress
Source: cve@mitre.org

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_4.2.4Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33549
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8133
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_4.2.4Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33549
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8133

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.