# CVE-2015-3429: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, allows remote attack

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-06-17 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a fragment identifier.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
- https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7
- https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/
- https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

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