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    CVE-2015-3429

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a fragment identifier.

    Published:Jun 17, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Jun 17, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.00915
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Automattic
    Product
    Genericons
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Wordpress
    Product
    Wordpress

    Exploits

    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerabilityhttps://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerabilityhttps://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/

    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41
    http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534
    https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/
    https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965
    https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability
    https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41
    http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534
    https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/
    https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965
    https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability
    https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High