XSS in WordPress
CVE-2014-4603
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in yupdates_application.php in the Yahoo! Updates for WordPress plugin 1.0 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) secret, (2) key, or (3) appid parameter.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (75.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/68401 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-yahoo-updates-for-wordpress-a3-cross-site… (Exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-4603?
- CVE-2014-4603 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-07-02.
- Is CVE-2014-4603 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.