MEDIUM
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
Published Feb 17, 2015
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.41%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.41% 0.06407
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06407
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.41% (0.06407) | 93.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.41% (0.06407) | 92.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 2, 2025 | 4.56% (0.04563) | 88.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 3.41% (0.03412) | 86.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.36% (0.05358) | 89.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.63% (0.06632) | 84.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 5.36% (0.05358) | 89.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 7.68% (0.07680) | 90.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.36% (0.05358) | 89.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.53% (0.00526) | 77.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.53% (0.00526) | 76.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00526) | 73.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.40% (0.02397) | 81.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 8, 2022 | 2.40% (0.02397) | 80.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.67% (0.02665) | 80.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.67% (0.02665) | 61.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/ x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2 x_refsource_MISCExploit
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2 | x_refsource_MISCExploit |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 17, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 5, 2015
Link CVE-2015-1494
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a