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CVE-2015-3429
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, allows remote…
Medium4.3EPSS 3.9%
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Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a fragment identifier.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20150507 Wordpress Twenty Fifteen Theme - DOM XSS Vulnerability - CVE-2015-3429 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-3328 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-6790 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20150509 Wordpress Twenty Fifteen Theme - DOM XSS Vulnerability - CVE-2015-3429 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 74534 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-6808 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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