{"cve":"CVE-2015-5622","nvd":{"published":"2015-08-03T14:59:01.680","modified":"2026-06-17T00:29:27.843","status":"Modified","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging the Author or Contributor role to place a crafted shortcode inside an HTML element, related to wp-includes/kses.php and wp-includes/shortcodes.php.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.3","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/23/18","http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328","http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332","http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3383"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","wordpress:wordpress"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:36:40.444340523+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5622","score":0.04909,"percentile":0.92107,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}