CVE-2014-4030

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the JW Player plugin before 2.1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that remove players via a delete action to wp-admin/admin.php.

Published: 2014-06-25 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-4030 is rated High Exploit Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-4030

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
39212 exploit_db edb 2014-06-10 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-4030

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 2026-02-08 0.37% 0.34% -0.03%
2 2026-01-24 0.29% 0.37% +0.08%
3 2025-03-30 0.29%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-4030

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-4030

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-4030

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
longtailvideo jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin <= 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
longtailvideo jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
longtailvideo jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
longtailvideo jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
longtailvideo jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
longtailvideo jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
longtailvideo jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
longtailvideo jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
longtailvideo jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
longtailvideo jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player_for_flash_\&_html5_video_plugin:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-4030

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