CVE-2014-4717

Exp

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin before 4.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) ssba_share_text parameter in a save action to wp-admin/options-general.php, which is not properly handled in the homepage, and unspecified vectors related to (2) Pages, (3) Posts, (4) Category/Archive pages or (5) post Excerpts.

Published: 2014-07-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-4717 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.80%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.48% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-4717

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33896 exploit_db edb 2014-06-27 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-4717

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 0.32% 2.80% +2.48%
2 2025-07-16 0.49% 0.32% -0.17%
3 2025-03-30 0.49%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-4717

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-2014-4717

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-4717

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder <= 4.4 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:1.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:1.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:1.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:1.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:1.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:1.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:2.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:2.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:2.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:2.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:2.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:2.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:2.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:2.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:3.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:3.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:3.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:3.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:3.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:3.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:3.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:3.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:3.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 3.9 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:3.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:4.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:4.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:4.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
sharethis simple_share_buttons_adder 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:sharethis:simple_share_buttons_adder:4.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-4717

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