CVE-2015-5730
EPSS 9.5%Published: 11/9/2015Modified: 5/27/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 4.2.4+dfsg-1