CVE-2015-3429

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3429
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-17 18:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Automattic Genericons All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress › WordPress 4.2.2 Security and Maintenance Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org
Twenty Fifteen Theme <= 1.1 - DOM Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wpvulndb.com
CVE-2015-3429 | DOM XSS Vulnerability in Twenty Fifteen WordPress Theme af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.netsparker.com Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3328-1 wordpress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
WordPress CVE-2015-3429 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Full Disclosure: Wordpress Twenty Fifteen Theme - DOM XSS Vulnerability - CVE-2015-3429 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: wordpress-4.2.2-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security: Remove example file. · Automattic/Genericons@798ac98 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: wordpress-4.2.2-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
WordPress Twenty Fifteen 4.2.1 Cross Site Scripting ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
How To Protect your WordPress Site from the Genericons Example.html XSS Vulnerability | DigitalOcean af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.digitalocean.com Exploit
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