FKIE_CVE-2015-3429

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-06-17 18:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:25
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerabilityExploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerabilityExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
automattic genericons *
wordpress wordpress *
debian debian_linux 8.0
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