CVE-2015-1494
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 6.4%EU EUVD
The FancyBox for WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an mfbfw[*] parameter in an update action to wp-admin/admin-post.php, as demonstrated by the mfbfw[padding] parameter and exploited in the wild in February 2015.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-1628)
- Published
- February 17, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-1628 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- colorlib / fancybox
References
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543(Broken Link)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10(Mailing List)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/(Issue Tracking)
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/(Patch)
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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