VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-9438
The display-widgets plugin before 2.04 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=dw_show_widget id_base, widget_number, or instance parameter.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 1.04%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The display-widgets plugin before 2.04 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=dw_show_widget id_base, widget_number, or instance parameter.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.04% probability · 64th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- display-widgets project/display-widgets
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.0% 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.
References
- http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_a7012199c9236754edd72786637e5d2d.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-widgets/#developersProduct, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8247Third Party Advisory
- http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_a7012199c9236754edd72786637e5d2d.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-widgets/#developersProduct, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8247Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.