CVE-2015-5714

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5714
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-22 01:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

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 Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3383-1 wordpress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
WordPress CVE-2015-5714 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE-2015-5714 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-tracker.debian.org
WordPress Bugs Let Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Bypass Publishing Permission Checks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3375-1 wordpress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Shortcodes: don't allow unclosed HTML elements in attributes · WordPress/WordPress@f72b21a · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Version 4.3.1 « WordPress Codex af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codex.wordpress.org Patch
WordPress › WordPress 4.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
WordPress <= 4.3 - Authenticated Shortcode Tags Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wpvulndb.com
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