CVE-2015-3998

moderate-risk
Published 2017-05-17

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpwhois 4.2.5, as used in the adsense-click-fraud-monitoring plugin 1.7.5 for WordPress, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter to whois.php.

Do I need to act?

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0.17% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.1/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Adsense-Click-Fraud-Monitoring

Affected Vendors

Phpwhois Project Clickfraud-Monitoring

References (2)

Third Party Advisory http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=119
Third Party Advisory http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=119
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moderate-risk
Severity 23/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low