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CVE-2015-5714

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Date: May 21, 2016

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.

Language: PHP

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Related Resources (11)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5714
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5714

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-79

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CVSS v3

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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