Unscored severity · published Nov 25, 2014
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…
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CVSS
5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.0% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 3.7.4; 3.8; 3.8.1; 3.8.2; 3.8.3; 3.8.4; +3 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9031
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9031
advisories.mageia.org
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
klikki.fi
http://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress.html
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/62
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085
www.mandriva.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233
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