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medium 4.3

CVE-2014-5190 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in captcha-secureimage/test/index.php in the SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam plugin 2.7.4 for WordPress allow…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-5088

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 captcha-secureimage/test/index.php in the SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam plugin 2.7.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO.

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Exploit prediction

2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69011 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127723/WordPress-SI-CAPTCHA-Cross-Site-Scripting.html 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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