CVE-2015-9438

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 display-widgets plugin before 2.04 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=dw_show_widget id_base, widget_number, or instance parameter.

Affected products

Display-Widgets Project Display-Widgets: before 2.04 — fixed in 2.04

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Display-Widgets Project Display-Widgets 2.04. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_a7012199c9236754edd72786637e5d2d.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-widgets/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8247
http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_a7012199c9236754edd72786637e5d2d.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-widgets/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8247

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