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CVE-2015-9503: The Modern theme before 1.4.2 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.

medium Affects modern-theme (WordPress theme). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Modern theme before 1.4.2 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.

Package
modern-theme (WordPress theme) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.4.2
Fixed in
1.4.2
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (59.8th percentile)
Published
2019-10-23
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordmodern-theme (WordPress theme) advisories

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