What is CVE-2014-8707?

CVE-2014-8707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pluck-Cms Pluck, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-03-17.

How severe is CVE-2014-8707?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Pluck-Cms Pluck

CVE-2014-8707

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TinyMCE in Pluck CMS 4.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "edit HTML source" option.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-03-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pluck-Cms Pluck — versions 4.7.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

rossmarks.uk/whitepapers/pluck_cms_4.7.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
rossmarks.uk/portfolio.php (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8707?: CVE-2014-8707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pluck-Cms Pluck, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-03-17.
How severe is CVE-2014-8707?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.