CVE-2015-3429
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
17/06/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:automattic:genericons:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.3 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.1 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- 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/
- 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/