Is CVE-2015-5715 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-5715 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-5715?

CVE-2015-5715 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-5715?

CVE-2015-5715 has an EPSS score of 6.28% (93th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5715?

Upgrade wordpress on debian 11 to 4.3.1+dfsg-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-5715

MEDIUMEPSS 93th pctl

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The mw_editPost function in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in the XMLRPC subsystem in WordPress before 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and arrange for a private post to be published and sticky, via unspecified vectors.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

wordpressDebian

Fixed in:4.3.1+dfsg-1CVE-2015-5715

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

6.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

93rdpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.