CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-5730
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-11-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.2.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7 openwall.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178 www.securitytracker.com
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33535 core.trac.wordpress.org
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33536 core.trac.wordpress.org
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8130 wpvulndb.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7 openwall.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178 www.securitytracker.com
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33535 core.trac.wordpress.org
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33536 core.trac.wordpress.org
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8130 wpvulndb.com