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CVE-2014-8087 Details

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the post highlights plugin before 2.6.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the txt parameter in a headline action to ajax/ph_save.php.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-8087/ CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-highlights/#developers CVERelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8240 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-8087/ [email protected]ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-highlights/#developers [email protected]Release NotesThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
post highlights projects post highlights
<= 2.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:post_highlights_projects:post_highlights:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-8087
NVD Published Date:
Oct 16, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2014-8087 Details - Not Deferred