CVE-2015-5535

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the qTranslate plugin 2.5.39 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the edit parameter in the qtranslate page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Affected products

Qtranslate Project Qtranslate: through 2.5.39

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132916/WordPress-qTranslate-2.5.39-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536102/100/0/threaded
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8120
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23265
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132916/WordPress-qTranslate-2.5.39-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536102/100/0/threaded
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8120
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23265

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