CVE-2015-5730 (GCVE-0-2015-5730)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-09 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:59
VLAI
Summary
The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2319 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2015-08-04 00:00
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