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    CVE-2015-5714

    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.

    Published:May 22, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:May 22, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.29391
    CVSS Score:6.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Wordpress
    Product
    Wordpress

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    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
    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

    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