CVE-2015-7989 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user list table in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted e-mail address, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5714.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f91a5fd10ea7245e5b41e288624819a37adf290a
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7989
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8187

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2016-05-22T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:06:31.452Z

Reserved: 2015-10-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-7989

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-22T01:59:03.867

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-7989

Redhat

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