CVE-2015-6805
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MDC Private Message plugin 1.0.0 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the message field in a private message.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 2.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MDC Private Message plugin 1.0.0 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the message field in a private message.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.39% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 21 August 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- medhabidotcom/mdc private message
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.