CVE-2015-5730 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.

Published: 2015-11-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 9.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-3332-1	wordpress security update

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.09542.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33535
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33536
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8130

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-11-09T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:04.361Z

Reserved: 2015-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5730

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-11-09T11:59:01.993

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5730

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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