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CVE-2014-4550

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in preview-shortcode-external.php in the Shortcode Ninja plugin 1.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the shortcode 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)

Visualshortcodes — Ninja

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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