CVE-2015-1494
The FancyBox for WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to conduct…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 6.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- WordPress Plugin Fancybox 3.0.2 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36087webapps, phppublished 16 Feb 2015Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 36087 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 12 days later
· 12 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- 72506 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150205 Re: CVE request for Zero-day in the Fancybox-for-WordPress Plugin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36087 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 118543 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-1628 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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