What is CVE-2015-9357?

CVE-2015-9357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Automattic Akismet, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-08-28.

How severe is CVE-2015-9357?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-9357 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Automattic Akismet

CVE-2015-9357

The akismet plugin before 3.1.5 for WordPress has XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (58.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Automattic Akismet
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

saretawa/CVE-2015-9357-POC
20142995/nuclei-templates
ARPSyndicate/cvemon
El-Palomo/TommyBoy1

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9357?: CVE-2015-9357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Automattic Akismet, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2015-9357?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-9357 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.