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CVE-2014-4538

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in process.php in the Malware Finder plugin 1.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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).

Affected technologies (1)

Malware Finder Plugin Project — Malware Finder

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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