{"cve":"CVE-2015-5730","nvd":{"published":"2015-11-09T11:59:01.993","modified":"2026-06-17T00:29:40.147","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7","http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178","https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4"],"products":["wordpress:wordpress"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5730","score":0.07341,"percentile":0.94396,"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."]}