CVE-2015-5733

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Publication date:

09/11/2015

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the refreshAdvancedAccessibilityOfItem function in wp-admin/js/nav-menu.js in WordPress before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an accessibility-helper title.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::		4.2.3 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76331
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33540
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33541
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8132
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76331
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33540
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33541
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8132