Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user list table in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-79

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7989 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3375 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1033979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• DSA-3383 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f91a5fd10ea7245e5b41e288624819a37adf290a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8187 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• 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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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 08:06 UTC.