CVE-2015-5714 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 4.3.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML due to improper handling of unclosed HTML elements within shortcode tags. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei; however, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.