CVE-2014-1888

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the BuddyPress plugin before 1.9.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name field to groups/create/step/group-details. NOTE: this can be exploited without authentication by leveraging CVE-2014-1889.

Published: 2014-03-01 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-1888 is rated Moderate Risk (48.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.56%). EPSS rose +2.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1888

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.37% 2.56% +2.20%
2 2025-12-28 0.49% 0.37% -0.12%
3 2025-12-27 — 0.49% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1888

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1888

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1888

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
buddypress buddypress <= 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1888

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