XSS in Wordfence Security
CVE-2014-4932
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wordfence Security plugin before 5.1.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the val parameter to whois.php.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.012 (64.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Wordfence Wordfence_security
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-4932?
- CVE-2014-4932 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordfence Security, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-08-28.
- How severe is CVE-2014-4932?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2014-4932 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.