Name: CVE-2015-5730: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2015-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-5730, CWE-200, CVSS 5.9, EPSS 0.07341

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade wordpress	Jul 30, 2024	Nov 9, 2015
Freebsd	—	Upgrade ja-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_CNUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_TWUpgrade ru-wordpressUpgrade de-wordpressUpgrade wordpress	Dec 10, 2025	Aug 6, 2015
Wordpress	—	Upgrade Wordpress to version 4.2.4	May 16, 2017	Nov 9, 2015

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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