CVE-2014-4856 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Polldaddy Polls & Ratings plugin for WordPress, specifically versions prior to 2.0.25. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through a ratings shortcode and a unique ID. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:polldaddy_polls_\&_ratings_plugin_project:polldaddy_polls_\&_ratings:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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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.