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CVE-2014-4538

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4538 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Malware Finder plugin (versions 1.1 and earlier) for WordPress, allowing attackers to inject malicious web scripts via the 'query' parameter in process.php. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity, requires no authentication, and could lead to information disclosure or defacement. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:malware_finder_plugin_project:malware_finder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

codevigilant.com / disclosure/wp-plugin-malware-finder-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss
Exploit