What is CVE-2015-9401?

CVE-2015-9401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Websimon-Tables Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2015-9401?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-9401 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Websimon-Tables Project

CVE-2015-9401

The websimon-tables plugin through 1.3.4 for WordPress has wp-admin/tools.php edit_style id XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-09-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Websimon-Tables Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8293 (Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/plugins/websimon-tables/ (Product, Third Party Advisory)
cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_ae9e4b6fefceaebd216ddcf003f88bdd.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9401?: CVE-2015-9401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Websimon-Tables Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2015-9401?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-9401 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.