CVE-2015-5714

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Published May 22, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 6.9% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-321-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3375-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3383-1	wordpress security update

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 6.9% (6.937% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 6:59 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 22, 2016, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 6:59 AM
Reserved: Aug 2, 2015, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:29 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 22, 2016, 1:59 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:29 AM

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