01 Record
CVE-2015-5057
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Wordpress admin panel when the Broken Link Checker plugin before 1.10.9 is installed.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Wordpress admin panel when the Broken Link Checker plugin before 1.10.9 is installed.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-08-18 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-06-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ee79421617888aa5b1a6325aa221bb935ffdd57931f4f0829092d377938f3a0f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/#developers
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150624 Re: CVE Request for Wordpress-Plugin Broken Link Checker v1.10.8: Persistent XSS in admin panel enabled by modified headershttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/1
- www.securityfocus.com75421http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75421
- wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8064