CVE-2015-5730
published 2015-11-09CVE-2015-5730: The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for…
PriorityP432medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPINAN
EPSS
8.35%
94.3th percentile
The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wordpress | < wordpress 4.2.4+dfsg-1 (bookworm) | wordpress 4.2.4+dfsg-1 (bookworm) |
| wordpress | wordpress | <= 4.2.3 | — |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 4.2.4+dfsg-1 | 4.2.4+dfsg-1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 4.2.4+dfsg-1 | 4.2.4+dfsg-1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 4.2.4+dfsg-1 | 4.2.4+dfsg-1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 4.2.4+dfsg-1 | 4.2.4+dfsg-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-g4h2-wpj9-vf75: The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2015-5730 [MEDIUM] CWE-200 GHSA-g4h2-wpj9-vf75: The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets
The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.
OSV
CVE-2015-5730: The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets
osv·2015-11-09·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2015-5730 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-5730: The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets
The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.
Debian
CVE-2015-5730: wordpress - The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets....
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2015-5730 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-5730: wordpress - The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets....
The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.2.4+dfsg-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4.2.4+dfsg-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.2.4+dfsg-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.2.4+dfsg-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.2.4+dfsg-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-2213 CVE-2015-5730 CVE-2015-5731 CVE-2015-5732 CVE-2015-5733 CVE-2015-5734 wordpress: cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential SQL injection
bugzilla·2015-08-05·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2015-2213 [HIGH] CVE-2015-2213 CVE-2015-5730 CVE-2015-5731 CVE-2015-5732 CVE-2015-5733 CVE-2015-5734 wordpress: cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential SQL injection
CVE-2015-2213 CVE-2015-5730 CVE-2015-5731 CVE-2015-5732 CVE-2015-5733 CVE-2015-5734 wordpress: cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential SQL injection
WordPress version 4.2.4 fixes three cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential SQL injection that could be used to compromise a site.
External References:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4
Discussion:
Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1250584]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1250585]
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From http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/290 :
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https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33555
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33556
"Comments: IDs are integers"
Use CVE-2015-2213 only for this SQL injection issue.
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33535
https://cor
arXiv
Empirical Analysis of Software Vulnerabilities Causing Timing Side Channels
arxiv_fulltext·2023-08-23
Empirical Analysis of Software Vulnerabilities Causing Timing Side Channels
Empirical Analysis of Software Vulnerabilities Causing Timing Side Channels
M. Mehdi Kholoosi12,
M. Ali Babar12,
Cemal Yilmaz3
1 School of Computer Science, CREST, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
2 Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, Australia
3 Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, 34956, Turkey
Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
## Abstract
Timing attacks are considered one of the most damaging side-channel attacks. These attacks exploit timing fluctuations caused by certain operations to disclose confidential information to an attacker. For instance, in asymmetric encryption, operations such as multiplication and division can cause time-varying execution times th
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33535https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33536https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8130http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33535https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33536https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8130
2015-11-09
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