CVE-2015-3998

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpwhois version 4.2.5 adsense-click-fraud-monitoring plugin version 1.7.5 for WordPress

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter to "whois.php" API endpoint. This can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Recommendations For phpwhois version 4.2.5, consider restricting access to the whois.php API endpoint until a patch is available. For adsense-click-fraud-monitoring plugin version 1.7.5, avoid using the query parameter in the whois.php endpoint until the issue is resolved.