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ubuntu-cve-2015-3429

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-06-17 18:59

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3429	REPORT
	https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/	REPORT
	https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3429	REPORT

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CVE-2015-3429 (GCVE-0-2015-3429)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-17 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:47

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

12 references

URL	Tags
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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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2015-3429 (GCVE-0-2015-3429)

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