Wordpress : DOM-XSS in genericons package


Description   The genericons package is vulnerable to a DOM-based XSS. This package is present in the JetPack plugin (over 1 million active installs) and the TwentyFifteen theme (installed by default)
     
Default
configuration
 
Profiles High Medium Low Internet
Action Pass Pass Pass Pass
Alarm Level Minor Ignore Ignore Ignore
     
References   URL: https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/
URL: https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/05/jetpack-and-twentyfifteen-vulnerable-to-dom-based-xss.html
     
Available since   ASQ v5.0.0
     
Protects   Wordpress Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed by 4.2.2
WordPress Cross-Site Scripting and Scripting Insertion Two Vulnerabilities
100 last CVE   CVE-2015-3440
CVE-2015-3429


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate