CVE-2014-9031
WordPress XSS Injection via Wptexturize Function
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 25, 2014, 11:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 5, 2015, 9:43 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2014-9031 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2014-9031.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
None
Shell
Tool for abusing XSS vulnerabilities on Wordpress and Joomla! installations
JavaScript Python
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2014-9031 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2014-9031 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 30, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71237 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 28, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233 Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/62 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 26, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 26, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 26, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/ No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/ Advisory, Patch Added CWE CWE-79
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-9031 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-9031
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
12.58 }} -0.53%
score
0.95502
percentile