CVE-2015-5151

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Slider Revolution (revslider) plugin 4.2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the client_action parameter in a revslider_ajax_action action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Published: 2015-06-30 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-5151 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5151

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5151

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 2.73% 0.24% -2.49%
2 2025-03-29 0.24% 2.73% +2.49%
3 2025-03-24 0.24%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5151

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5151

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5151

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
themepunch slider_revolution 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:themepunch:slider_revolution:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5151

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