CVE-2010-4747
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—💥 Exploit
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wordpress-processing-embed/data/popup.php in the Processing Embed plugin 0.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pluginurl parameter.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.51%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 89
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
💥 Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Published on Exploit-DB · WordPress Plugin Processing Embed 0.5 - 'pluginurl' Cross-Site Scripting (12/8/2010)
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-79
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42545
- http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/WordPress.Processing.Embed.0.5.Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting/65
- http://www.osvdb.org/69764
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45266
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63761
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42545
- http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/WordPress.Processing.Embed.0.5.Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting/65
- http://www.osvdb.org/69764
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45266
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63761
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