CVE-2015-5730
Published · Updated
3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 7.3%
exploitation probability
7.3%top 6% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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 products
n/a · n/aReferences
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/7https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.4https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33535https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/33536https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8130http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3332http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76160http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033178