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CVE-2014-5196 Details

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60590	CVE
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-xss-in-improved-user-search-allow-execution-of-arbitrary-javascript-in-wordpress-admin-area/	CVE	Exploit
http://wordpress.org/plugins/improved-user-search-in-backend/changelog	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60590	[email protected]
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-xss-in-improved-user-search-allow-execution-of-arbitrary-javascript-in-wordpress-admin-area/	[email protected]	Exploit
http://wordpress.org/plugins/improved-user-search-in-backend/changelog	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
improved user search in backend project improved user search in backend	<= 1.2.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:improved_user_search_in_backend_project:improved_user_search_in_backend::-:-::-:wordpress:: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 4, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 13, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]