CVE-2015-7989

MEDIUM

WordPress <4.3.1 - XSS

Title source: llm

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user list table in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted e-mail address, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5714.

References (8)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1

[Patch] https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f91a5fd10ea7245e5b41e288624819a37adf290a

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8187

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383

[Third Party Advisory] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7989

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4

EPSS 0.0029

EPSS Percentile 52.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

wordpress/wordpress < 4.3.0

Timeline

Published May 22, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026