CVE-2015-5528

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the save_order function in class-floating-social-bar.php in the Floating Social Bar plugin before 1.1.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the items[] parameter in an fsb_save_order action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Published: 2015-07-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5528 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.07%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5528

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5528

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 0.50% 2.07% +1.57%
2 2025-03-30 5.92% 0.50% -5.42%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.92% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5528

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-2015-5528

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5528

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wpbeginner floating_social_bar <= 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:wpbeginner:floating_social_bar:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5528

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