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CVE-2014-8087

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

• Post Highlights Projects Post Highlights: through 2.6

References

• https://g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-8087/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-highlights/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8240
• https://g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-8087/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-highlights/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8240

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