CVE-2015-5714: wordpress Cross-site Scripting
CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5714DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5714
Published 22-05-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-5714 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 6.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 3.7.11.
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)EPSS score
6.94%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4Timeline
- 22-05-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 3 versionsMedium 6.4Preferred score · wordfence (Source)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NSourcesSingle source
Medium 6.1Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NSourcesAll 3 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Medium 4.3Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
6.94%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 6.94% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score6.94%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Wordpress2 products
- wordpress< 3.7 (fixed in 3.7.11) | ≥ 3.7, ≤ 3.7.10 (fixed in 3.7.11) | ≥ 3.8, ≤ 3.8.10 (fixed in 3.7.11) | ≥ 3.9, ≤ 3.9.8 (fixed in 3.7.11) | ≥ 4.0, ≤ 4.0.7 (fixed in 3.7.11) | ≥ 4.1, ≤ 4.1.7 (fixed in 3.7.11) | ≥ 4.2, ≤ 4.2.4 (fixed in 3.7.11) | 4.3 (fixed in 3.7.11)
- wordpress≤ 4.3.0
Debian1 product
- wordpress< 4.3.1+dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
- wordpress< 4.3.1+dfsg-1
3 vendors · 4 products
References
12 links- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186X Refsource MISC
- github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8X Refsource CONFIRMREPORT