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CVE-2015-9495

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: 2019-10-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The syndication-links plugin before 1.0.3 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.

Affected products

• Syndication Links Project Syndication Links: before 1.0.3 — fixed in 1.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Syndication Links Project Syndication Links 1.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/syndication-links/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7981
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/syndication-links/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7981

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