CVE-2015-3429 (GCVE-0-2015-3429)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-17 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
12 references
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|---|---|
| https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/7… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordP… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2015-05-07 00:00
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