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CVE-2015-5484

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Plotly plugin before 1.0.3 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a post.

Affected products

• Plotly: before 1.0.3 — fixed in 1.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Plotly 1.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/68
• https://security.dxw.com/advisories/stored-xss-in-plotly-allows-less-privileged-users-to-insert-arbitrary-javascript-into-posts/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-plotly/changelog/
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/68
• https://security.dxw.com/advisories/stored-xss-in-plotly-allows-less-privileged-users-to-insert-arbitrary-javascript-into-posts/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-plotly/changelog/

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