XSS in Wordpress
CVE-2014-9031
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wptexturize function in WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, and 3.9.x before 3.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted use of shortcode brackets in a text field, as demonstrated by a comment or a post.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.050 (91.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Wordpress — versions 3.8, 3.8.1, 3.8.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9031?
- CVE-2014-9031 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-11-25.
- Is CVE-2014-9031 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.