What is CVE-2015-1879?

CVE-2015-1879 is a vulnerability in Google Doc Embedder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-02-19.

Is CVE-2015-1879 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Google Doc Embedder

CVE-2015-1879

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Google Doc Embedder plugin before 2.5.19 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the profile parameter in an edit action in the gde-settings page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2015-02-19 · 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 (80.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% 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

Google Doc Embedder — versions 2.5.18

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/72547 (vdb-entry)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/130309/WordPress-Google-Doc-Embedder-2.5.18-Cross… (Exploit)
wordpress.org/plugins/google-document-embedder/changelog/ (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1879?: CVE-2015-1879 is a vulnerability in Google Doc Embedder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-02-19.
Is CVE-2015-1879 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.