WordPress CVE-2015-3429 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:74534

Info

WordPress CVE-2015-3429 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 74534
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2015-3429
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 07 2015 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 12 2015 10:33PM
Credit: Robert Abela of Netsparker
Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 4.2.1
WordPress WordPress 4.1.2
WordPress WordPress 4.1.1
WordPress WordPress 4.1
WordPress WordPress 3.9.2
WordPress WordPress 3.9.1
WordPress WordPress 3.9
WordPress WordPress 3.8.2
WordPress WordPress 3.8.1
WordPress WordPress 3.7.4
WordPress WordPress 3.7.1
WordPress WordPress 3.6.1
WordPress WordPress 3.6
WordPress WordPress 3.5.2
WordPress WordPress 3.5.1
WordPress WordPress 3.3.2
WordPress WordPress 3.2.2
WordPress WordPress 3.1.4
WordPress WordPress 3.1.3
WordPress WordPress 3.1.2
WordPress WordPress 3.1.1
WordPress WordPress 3.0.5
WordPress WordPress 3.0.4
WordPress WordPress 3.0.3
WordPress WordPress 3.0.2
WordPress WordPress 2.9.2
WordPress WordPress 2.9.1
WordPress WordPress 2.8.6
WordPress WordPress 2.8.5
WordPress WordPress 2.8.4
WordPress WordPress 2.8.3
WordPress WordPress 2.8.2
WordPress WordPress 2.8.1
WordPress WordPress 2.6.5
WordPress WordPress 2.6.2
WordPress WordPress 2.6.1
WordPress WordPress 2.5.1
WordPress WordPress 2.3.3
WordPress WordPress 2.3.2
WordPress WordPress 2.3.1
WordPress WordPress 2.2.3
WordPress WordPress 2.2.2
WordPress WordPress 2.2.1
WordPress WordPress 2.1.3
WordPress WordPress 2.1.2
WordPress WordPress 2.1.1
WordPress WordPress 2.0.11
WordPress WordPress 2.0.10
WordPress WordPress 2.0.7
WordPress WordPress 2.0.6
WordPress WordPress 2.0.5
WordPress WordPress 2.0.4
WordPress WordPress 2.0.3
WordPress WordPress 2.0.2
WordPress WordPress 2.0.1
WordPress WordPress 2.0
WordPress WordPress 1.5.2
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1 .3
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1 .2
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1
WordPress WordPress 1.5
WordPress WordPress 1.3.1
WordPress WordPress 1.2.2
WordPress WordPress 1.2.1
+ Gentoo Linux
WordPress WordPress 1.2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4
+ Gentoo Linux
WordPress WordPress 0.71
WordPress WordPress 0.7
WordPress WordPress 4.2
WordPress WordPress 4.0.1
WordPress WordPress 4.0
WordPress WordPress 3.9.3
WordPress WordPress 3.9
WordPress WordPress 3.8.5
WordPress WordPress 3.8.4
WordPress WordPress 3.8.3
WordPress WordPress 3.8
WordPress WordPress 3.7.5
WordPress WordPress 3.7
WordPress WordPress 3.6
WordPress WordPress 3.5.0
WordPress WordPress 3.5
WordPress WordPress 3.4.2
WordPress WordPress 3.4.1
WordPress WordPress 3.4.0
WordPress WordPress 3.4
WordPress WordPress 3.3.3
WordPress WordPress 3.3.1
WordPress WordPress 3.3
WordPress WordPress 3.2.1
WordPress WordPress 3.2
WordPress WordPress 3.1
WordPress WordPress 3.0.6
WordPress WordPress 3.0.1
WordPress WordPress 2.9.1.1
WordPress WordPress 2.9
WordPress WordPress 2.8.5.2
WordPress WordPress 2.8.5.1
WordPress WordPress 2.8
WordPress WordPress 2.7.1
WordPress WordPress 2.7
WordPress WordPress 2.6.3
WordPress WordPress 2.6
WordPress WordPress 2.5
WordPress WordPress 2.3
WordPress WordPress 2.2
WordPress WordPress 2.1
WordPress WordPress 2.0.9
WordPress WordPress 2.0.8
WordPress WordPress 1.6.2
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1.1
WordPress WordPress 1.5
WordPress WordPress 1.3.3
WordPress WordPress 1.3.2
WordPress WordPress 1.3
WordPress WordPress 1.2.5
WordPress WordPress 1.2.4
WordPress WordPress 1.2.3
WordPress WordPress 1.1.1
WordPress WordPress 1.0.2
WordPress WordPress 1.0.1
WordPress WordPress 0.71
WordPress Twenty Fifteen 0
Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 4.2.2

Discussion

WordPress CVE-2015-3429 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Versions prior to WordPress 4.2.2 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

WordPress CVE-2015-3429 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

WordPress CVE-2015-3429 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

WordPress CVE-2015-3429 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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