CVE-2015-9472 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The incoming-links plugin before 0.9.10b for WordPress has referrers.php XSS via the Referer HTTP header.

Published: 2019-10-10

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:monitorbacklinks:incoming_links:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-9312	The incoming-links plugin before 0.9.10b for WordPress has referrers.php XSS via the Referer HTTP header.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01318.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1080044/incoming-links
https://wordpress.org/plugins/incoming-links/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8015

History

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Subscriptions

Monitorbacklinks Incoming Links

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-10-10T16:13:21.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:51:05.357Z

Reserved: 2019-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-9472

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-10T17:15:15.607

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:36:35.120

Link: CVE-2015-9472

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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