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title: "CVE-2015-3439\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-3439

Publication date 5 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Ephox (formerly Moxiecode)
plupload.flash.swf shim 2.1.2 in Plupload, as used in WordPress 3.9.x,
4.0.x, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 and other products, allows remote attackers
to execute same-origin JavaScript functions via the target parameter, as
demonstrated by executing a certain click function, related to \_init.as and
\_fireEvent.as.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3439?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wordpress | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

3.9 to 4.1.1 are affected

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3439)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3439)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-3439)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3439)

### Other references

* <https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3439>