Vulnerability CVE-2015-3429
Published: 2015-06-17

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
WordPress Twenty Fifteen 4.2.1 Cross Site Scripting
Omar Kurt
08.05.2015

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Debian -> Debian linux 
Automattic -> Genericons 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534
https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability
https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/
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