CVE-2014-9031

WordPress Core < 4.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Brackets

Severity Score

6.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en la función wptexturize en WordPress anterior a 3.7.5, 3.8.x anterior a 3.8.5, y 3.9.x anterior a 3.9.3 permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través del uso manipulado de paréntesis de código corto en un campo de texto, tal y como fue demostrado por un comentario o un post.

Multiple security issues have been discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool, resulting in denial of service or information disclosure.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-11-20 CVE Reserved
2014-11-20 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://klikki.fi/adv/wordpress.html	X_refsource_misc
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12	Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/62	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71237	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031243	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1	2015-10-05

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3085	2015-10-05
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:233	2015-10-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 3.7.4 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 3.7.4"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.8 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.8"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.8.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.8.1"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.8.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.8.2"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.8.3 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.8.3"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.8.4 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.8.4"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.9 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.9"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.9.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.9.1"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				3.9.2 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version "3.9.2"		-		Affected