CVE-2014-8955

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Contact Form Clean and Simple (clean-and-simple-contact-form-by-meg-nicholas) plugin 4.4.0 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cscf[name] parameter to contact-us/.

Affected products

Megnicholas Clean And Simple Contact Form: through 4.4.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128957/WordPress-Clean-And-Simple-Contact-Form-4.4.0-XSS.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98469
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128957/WordPress-Clean-And-Simple-Contact-Form-4.4.0-XSS.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98469

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