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CVE-2015-5730

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress...

5.0 MediumFix available

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.

Exploit likelihood

7.34%Up 5.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.

Record
CVE-2015-5730
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.

Record
CVE-2015-5730
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-5676 No score

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.

Record
EUVD-2015-5676
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g4h2-wpj9-vf75 No score

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress...

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.

Record
GHSA-g4h2-wpj9-vf75
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.

Record
CVE-2015-5730
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-5730 No score

The sanitize_widget_instance function in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 does not use a constant-time comparison for widgets, which allows remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack by measuring the delay before inequality is calculated.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5730
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0309 No score

Updated wordpress package fixes security vulnerability

The wordpress package has been updated to version 3.9.8, fixing three cross-site scripting issues (CVE-2015-5732, CVE-2015-5733, CVE-2015-5734), a potential timing side-channel attack in Customizer (CVe-2015-5730), an issue in Heartbeat where an attacker could lock a post from being edited (CVE-2015-5731), and an SQL injection issue (CVE-2015-2213), as well as other bugs. See the upstream announcement and release notes for more details.

Record
MGASA-2015-0309
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
wordpress
Debian:12
before 4.2.4+dfsg-1
4.2.4+dfsg-1
wordpress
Debian:13
before 4.2.4+dfsg-1
4.2.4+dfsg-1
wordpress
Debian:14
before 4.2.4+dfsg-1
4.2.4+dfsg-1
wordpress
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u4, plus listed versions
4.1+dfsg-14.1+dfsg-1+deb8u14.1+dfsg-1+deb8u24.1+dfsg-1+deb8u3
4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u4
wordpress
Mageia:4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 3.9.8-1.mga4
3.9.8-1.mga4

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-5730 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Wordpress, published August 10, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.34%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in wordpress 4.2.4+dfsg-1.

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