CVE-2015-3429

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a fragment identifier.

Published: Jun 17, 2015
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2015-3429
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-79

OWASP TOP 10:

A7 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
automattic / genericons	-	3.3.x
debian / debian_linux	8.0	8.0.x

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534
https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability
https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/

Vulnerability Database

290,922

CVE-2015-3429