CVE-2015-5733 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the refreshAdvancedAccessibilityOfItem function in wp-admin/js/nav-menu.js in WordPress before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an accessibility-helper title.

Published: 2015-11-09

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

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
EUVD	EUVD-2015-5679	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the refreshAdvancedAccessibilityOfItem function in wp-admin/js/nav-menu.js in WordPress before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an accessibility-helper title.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01502.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76331
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33540
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33541
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8132

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:04.307Z

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

Link: CVE-2015-5733

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-11-09T11:59:05.493

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

Link: CVE-2015-5733

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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