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medium 4.3

CVE-2014-4603 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in yupdates_application.php in the Yahoo!

published 2014-07-02 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4530

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in yupdates_application.php in the Yahoo! Updates for WordPress plugin 1.0 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) secret, (2) key, or (3) appid parameter.

Exploit prediction

1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68401 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • codevigilant.com http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-yahoo-updates-for-wordpress-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss 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

References

Sources

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