XSS in Clickfraud-Monitoring Adsense-Click-Fraud-Monitoring
CVE-2015-3998
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpwhois 4.2.5, as used in the adsense-click-fraud-monitoring plugin 1.7.5 for WordPress, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter to whois.php.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Clickfraud-Monitoring Adsense-Click-Fraud-Monitoring — versions 1.7.5
- Phpwhois Project — versions 4.2.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3998?
- CVE-2015-3998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clickfraud-Monitoring Adsense-Click-Fraud-Monitoring, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-05-17.
- How severe is CVE-2015-3998?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-3998 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.