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CVE-2015-3439

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Ephox (formerly Moxiecode) plupload.flash.swf shim 2.1.2 in Plupload, as

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Ephox (formerly Moxiecode) plupload.flash.swf shim 2.1.2 in Plupload, as used in WordPress 3.9.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute same-origin JavaScript functions via the target parameter, as demonstrated by executing a certain click function, related to _init.as and _fireEvent.as.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.03125
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
debian linuxall versions
wordpressall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
poccodex.wordpress.org · Version_4.1.2codex.wordpress.org
poczoczus.blogspot.com · plupload-same-origin-method-execution.htmlzoczus.blogspot.com
pocwordpress.org · wordpress-4-1-2wordpress.org
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@debian.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD05 Aug 2015 · 10:59 AM
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74269
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032207
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