CVE-2014-8539

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
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: 2014-11-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Email Form 1.8.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the mod_simpleemailform_field2_1 parameter to index.php.

Affected products

Simple Email Form Project Simple Email Form: through 1.8.5

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129171/Joomla-Simple-Email-Form-1.8.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534017/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71131
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23241
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129171/Joomla-Simple-Email-Form-1.8.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534017/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71131
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23241

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