What is CVE-2015-9438?

CVE-2015-9438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Display-Widgets Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2015-9438?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-9438 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Display-Widgets Project

CVE-2015-9438

The display-widgets plugin before 2.04 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=dw_show_widget id_base, widget_number, or instance parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Display-widgets_project Display-widgets
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Product, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9438?: CVE-2015-9438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Display-Widgets Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2015-9438?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-9438 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.