CVE-2015-5481

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in forms/panels.php in the GD bbPress Attachments plugin before 2.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the tab parameter in the gdbbpress_attachments page to wp-admin/edit.php.

Published: 2015-08-18 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-5481 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.05%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.82% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5481

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5481

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 2026-06-15 0.23% 2.05% +1.82%
2 2025-06-13 0.28% 0.23% -0.05%
3 2025-03-30 0.28%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5481

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-2015-5481

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5481

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dev4press gd_bbpress_attachments <= 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:dev4press:gd_bbpress_attachments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5481

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