The akismet plugin before 3.1.5 for WordPress has XSS.

published 2019-08-28 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-9197

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

automattic akismet 3.1.5

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Exploit prediction

0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wordpress.org /plugins/akismet/#developers
release-notes, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-9357
NVD CVE-2015-9357

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