XSS in Polldaddy Polls \& Ratings Plugin Project

CVE-2014-4856

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Polldaddy Polls & Ratings plugin before 2.0.25 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a ratings shortcode and a unique ID. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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 (74.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2014-4856: held from 0.016 to 0.016.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-4856?
CVE-2014-4856 is a vulnerability in Polldaddy Polls \& Ratings Plugin Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-07-10.
Is CVE-2014-4856 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.