WordPress < 4.4.1 XSS

2016-01-2900:00:00

Tenable

www.tenable.com

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

6.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

EPSS

0.011

Percentile

84.8%

JSON

Versions of WordPress prior to 4.3.1 are susceptible to a flaw that allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This flaw exists because the ‘wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php’ script does not validate input before returning it to users in error messages. This may allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request that would execute arbitrary script code in a user’s browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server. (CVE-2016-1564)