What is CVE-2014-5190?

CVE-2014-5190 is a vulnerability in Si Captcha Anti-Spam Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-08-07.

Is CVE-2014-5190 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Si Captcha Anti-Spam Project

CVE-2014-5190

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in captcha-secureimage/test/index.php in the SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam plugin 2.7.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2014-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Si Captcha Anti-Spam Project — versions 2.7.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/69011 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/127723/WordPress-SI-CAPTCHA-Cross-Site-Scripting… (Exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95104 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5190?: CVE-2014-5190 is a vulnerability in Si Captcha Anti-Spam Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-08-07.
Is CVE-2014-5190 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.