CVE-2015-5714
WordPress Unchecked Shortcode XSS
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 22, 2016, 1:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-5714 has a 31 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2015-5714.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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WordPress Pen Testing
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Experimenting with Kali Linux tools to exploit vulnerabilities in WordPress
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Cyber Security
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-5714 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-5714 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979 Added Reference https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1 Added Reference https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8 Added Reference https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714 Added Reference https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/ Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 04, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 15, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/ No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/ Advisory, Patch Changed Reference Type https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1 No Types Assigned https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1 Patch Added CWE CWE-79 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-5714 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-5714
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
30.65 }} -17.18%
score
0.96325
percentile