What is CVE-2018-5214?

CVE-2018-5214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Add Link To Facebook Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-5214?

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

Is CVE-2018-5214 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Add Link To Facebook Project

CVE-2018-5214

The "Add Link to Facebook" plugin through 2.3 for WordPress has XSS via the al2fb_facebook_id parameter to wp-admin/profile.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-01-04 · 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: 0.006 (46.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Add Link To Facebook Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/support/topic/stored-xss-bug-at-the-latest-version-of-add-link-to… (Broken Link)
github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/Add-Link-to-Facebook.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5214?: CVE-2018-5214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Add Link To Facebook Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-5214?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5214 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.