CVE-2015-7989
WordPress XSS Injection
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user list table in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted e-mail address, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5714.
INFO
Published Date :
May 22, 2016, 1:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 4, 2017, 1:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.3
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-7989 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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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).
WordPress Pen Testing
None
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-7989 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-7989 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 [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/8187 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 24, 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:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f91a5fd10ea7245e5b41e288624819a37adf290a No Types Assigned https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f91a5fd10ea7245e5b41e288624819a37adf290a Patch 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 Advisory, 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-2015-7989 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-2015-7989
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.11 }} 0.00%
score
0.43362
percentile