CVE-2014-4855 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Polylang plugin for WordPress, specifically versions prior to 1.5.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, likely through manipulation of a user description field. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring moderate attack complexity and primarily impacting data integrity (information disclosure). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:polylang_plugin_project:polylang:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:polylang_plugin_project:polylang:1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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 records are not available for this CVE.