XSS in Banner Effect Header Project
CVE-2015-1384
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Banner Effect Header plugin before 1.2.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the banner_effect_divid parameter in the BannerEffectOptions page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534592/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/2 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- wordpress.org/plugins/banner-effect-header/changelog/ (Patch)
- www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-1384-xss-vulnerability-in-banner-effect-header/ (Exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1384?
- CVE-2015-1384 is a vulnerability in Banner Effect Header Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-02-03.
- Is CVE-2015-1384 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.