CVE-2015-5730

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.9

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

9.542

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Update wordpress 4.2.3 to latest version	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234