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CVE-2015-9436

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The dynamic-widgets plugin before 1.5.11 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=term_tree prefix or widget_id parameter.

Affected products

• Dynamic Widgets Plugin: before 1.5.11 — fixed in 1.5.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dynamic Widgets Plugin 1.5.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_489304900a50751da1495e2ea660bc51.html
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-widgets/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8258
• http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_489304900a50751da1495e2ea660bc51.html
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-widgets/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8258

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