CVE-2015-5714

MEDIUM

WordPress < 4.3.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Tag Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.3065
EPSS Percentile 96.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
wordpress/wordpress < 4.3.0
Published May 22, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026