CVE-2015-3998: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpwhois 4.2.5, as used in the adsense-click-fraud-monitoring plugin 1.7.5 for WordPress, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via

medium Affects adsense-click-fraud-monitoring (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpwhois 4.2.5, as used in the adsense-click-fraud-monitoring plugin 1.7.5 for WordPress, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via

Package
adsense-click-fraud-monitoring (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
=1.7.5
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (66.0th percentile)
Published
2017-05-17
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordadsense-click-fraud-monitoring (WordPress plugin) advisories

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