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CVE-2015-7989

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-7989 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 4.3.1, specifically within the user list table. An authenticated attacker can inject malicious web script or HTML by crafting a malicious email address. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.4, indicating low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, with potential impacts on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 15,225 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, 0.0 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

codex.wordpress.org / Version_4.3.1
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / WordPress/WordPress/commit/f91a5fd10ea7245e5b41e288624819a37adf290a
Patch
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2015-7989
wordpress.org / news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1
PatchVendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8187
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3375
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3383
securitytracker.com / id/1033979