What is CVE-2014-4544?

CVE-2014-4544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podcast Channels Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2014-4544?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-4544 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Podcast Channels Project

CVE-2014-4544

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Podcast Channels plugin 0.20 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Filename parameter to getid3/demos/demo.write.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-12-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.038 (89.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Podcast Channels Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-podcast-channels-a3-cross-site-scripting-… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-4544?: CVE-2014-4544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podcast Channels Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2014-4544?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-4544 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.