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CVE-2015-5730
published 2015-11-09

CVE-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
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianwordpress< wordpress 4.2.4+dfsg-1 (bookworm)wordpress 4.2.4+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
wordpresswordpress<= 4.2.3
wordpresswordpress>= 0 < 4.2.4+dfsg-14.2.4+dfsg-1
wordpresswordpress>= 0 < 4.2.4+dfsg-14.2.4+dfsg-1
wordpresswordpress>= 0 < 4.2.4+dfsg-14.2.4+dfsg-1
wordpresswordpress>= 0 < 4.2.4+dfsg-14.2.4+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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