CVE-2014-5202

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in compfight-search.php in the Compfight plugin 1.4 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search-value parameter.

Published: 2014-08-12 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-5202 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Core evidence: 1 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-2014-5202

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5202

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 2025-03-30 2.90% 0.14% -2.76%
2 2025-03-29 0.19% 2.90% +2.71%
3 2025-03-24 0.19%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5202

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5202

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5202

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
compfight_project compfight 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:compfight_project:compfight:1.4:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5202

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