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TI-2015-03379 Aliases CVE-2015-3998GHSA-5w4g-3x58-7xv5

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpwhois 4.2.5, as used in the…

Priority LOW 29CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpwhois 4.2.5, as used in the adsense-click-fraud-monitoring plugin 1.7.5 for WordPress, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter to whois.php.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01117 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:clickfraud-monitoring:adsense-click-fraud-monitoring:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*1.7.5VulnerableClickfraud-monitoring
cpe:2.3:a:phpwhois_project:phpwhois:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.5VulnerablePhpwhois Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:clickfraud-monitoring:adsense-click-fraud-monitoring:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions 1.7.5 Vulnerable ·Clickfraud-monitoring
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpwhois_project:phpwhois:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.5 Vulnerable ·Phpwhois Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-3998
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5w4g-3x58-7xv5

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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