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CVE-2015-5734
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the legacy theme preview implementation in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress before 4.2.4…
Medium4.3EPSS 6.5%
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Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the legacy theme preview implementation in wp-includes/theme.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string.
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)
- 6.5% · top 6.2% 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 (10)
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150804 Re: CVE request: WordPress 4.2.3 and earlier multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1033178 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33549 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3332 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 76331 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8133 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3383 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/08/persistent-xss-vulnerability-in-wordpress-explained.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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