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medium 4.3

CVE-2014-4520 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phprack.php in the DMCA WaterMarker plugin before 1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-4447

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phprack.php in the DMCA WaterMarker plugin before 1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the plugin_dir parameter.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

2.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=904684%40dmca-watermarker&old=549072%40dmca-watermarker referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • codevigilant.com http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-dmca-watermarker-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68313 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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