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CVE-2014-4932

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-08-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wordfence Security plugin before 5.1.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the val parameter to whois.php.

Affected products

• mmaunder Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security: before 5.1.5 — fixed in 5.1.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mmaunder Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5.1.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://techdefencelabs.com/security-advisories.html
• https://www.wordfence.com/help/advanced/changelog/
• http://techdefencelabs.com/security-advisories.html
• https://www.wordfence.com/help/advanced/changelog/

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