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CVE-2015-3998

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3998 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpwhois 4.2.5, specifically when used within the adsense-click-fraud-monitoring plugin 1.7.5 for WordPress. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'query' parameter in whois.php. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), it requires user interaction and could lead to information disclosure and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clickfraud-monitoring:adsense-click-fraud-monitoring:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
4.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpwhois_project:phpwhois:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

vapid.dhs.org / advisory.php
Third Party Advisory