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CVE-2015-5714

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.

Severity
Medium 6.1
Published
22 May 2016
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
17 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
WordPressWordPress core · cpe:a:wordpress:wordpress
  • Every version up to 4.3.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5714
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5714