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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-5714 · published 22 May 2016

CVE-2015-5714: Wordpress cross-site scripting vulnerability

Wordpress · Wordpress

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags.

6.1 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 6.9% · top 6.1% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
6.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the mishandling of unclosed HTML elements during processing of shortcode tags.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1 Patch
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/ PatchVendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3375
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76745
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033979
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1 Patch
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f72b21af23da6b6d54208e5c1d65ececdaa109c8
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5714
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/ PatchVendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8186

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-5714), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.