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CVE-2015-10098: wordpress broken-link-checker Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
Published 08-04-2023Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-10098 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress broken-link-checker. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.4% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.10.6.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.56%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-04-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was found in Broken Link Checker Plugin up to 1.10.5 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function print_module_list/show_warnings_section_notice/status_text/ui_get_action_links. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.10.6 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is f30638869e281461b87548e40b517738b4350e47. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-225152.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.56% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.56%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress1 product
  • broken-link-checker< 1.10.6
Wpmudev1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links