What is CVE-2014-8809?

CVE-2014-8809 is a vulnerability in Wpsymposiumpro Wp Symposium, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-12-24.

Is CVE-2014-8809 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpsymposiumpro Wp Symposium

CVE-2014-8809

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WP Symposium plugin before 14.11 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) text parameter in an addComment action to ajax/profile_functions.php, (2) compose_text parameter in a sendMail action to ajax/mail_functions.php, (3) comment parameter in an add_comment action to ajax/lounge_functions.php, or (4) name parameter in a create_album action to ajax/gallery_functions.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2014-12-24 · 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: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wpsymposiumpro Wp Symposium

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security.szurek.pl/wp-symposium-1410-multiple-xss-and-sql-injection.html (Exploit)
www.wpsymposium.com/release-information-for-v14-11/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8809?: CVE-2014-8809 is a vulnerability in Wpsymposiumpro Wp Symposium, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-12-24.
Is CVE-2014-8809 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.