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CVE-2015-5622

LOW · CVSS 3.5 EPSS 4.74%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-08-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.5. It affects WordPress. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

CVE
CVE-2015-5622
Severity
LOW
CVSS
3.5
EPSS
4.74%
WordPress

Original NVD Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.