CVE-2014-5345 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Disqus Comment System plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions prior to 2.76. An attacker could inject malicious web scripts or HTML through the 'step' parameter in upgrade.php. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-34336) exists, suggesting publicly available exploit code. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.75CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:disqus:disqus_comment_system:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
2.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:disqus:disqus_comment_system:2.40:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
2.41CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:disqus:disqus_comment_system:2.41:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
2.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:disqus:disqus_comment_system:2.42:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
2.43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:disqus:disqus_comment_system:2.43:*:*:*:*: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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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.