What is CVE-2014-7240?

CVE-2014-7240 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Formget Easy Contact Form Solution, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2014-7240?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-7240 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Formget Easy Contact Form Solution

CVE-2014-7240

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Easy Contact Form Solution plugin before 1.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the value parameter in a master_response action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Formget Easy Contact Form Solution

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-7240/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8234 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-7240?: CVE-2014-7240 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Formget Easy Contact Form Solution, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2014-7240?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-7240 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.