Check Point Advisories

WordPress Genericons Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2015-3429)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0199
Date Published:	10 Mar 2016
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Friday 14 July, 2017
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-3429
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	WordPress before 4.2.2, in the file example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1
Vulnerability Description	A cross-site scripting vulnerability was found in the Genericons web font used in WordPress sites. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to execute malicious JavaScript code on the client browser.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Genericons Cross-Site Scripting protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: WordPress Genericons Cross-Site Scripting