What is CVE-2014-7181?

CVE-2014-7181 is a vulnerability in Maxfoundry Maxbuttons, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-10-16.

Is CVE-2014-7181 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Maxfoundry Maxbuttons

CVE-2014-7181

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Max Foundry MaxButtons plugin before 1.26.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter in a button action on the maxbuttons-controller page to wp-admin/admin.php, related to the button creation page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2014-10-16 · 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: 0.021 (80.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Maxfoundry Maxbuttons — versions 1.26.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/128693/WordPress-MaxButtons-1.26.0-Cross-Site-Scr… (Exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533700/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
wordpress.org/plugins/maxbuttons/changelog (Vendor Advisory)
www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23237

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-7181?: CVE-2014-7181 is a vulnerability in Maxfoundry Maxbuttons, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-10-16.
Is CVE-2014-7181 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.