CVE-2014-7139

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Contact Form DB (aka CFDB and contact-form-7-to-database-extension) plugin before 2.8.16 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) form or (2) enc parameter in the CF7DBPluginShortCodeBuilder page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Published: 2014-10-10 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-7139 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.23%). Core evidence: 2 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-2014-7139

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7139

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 2025-03-31 0.28% 0.23% -0.05%
2 2025-03-30 3.42% 0.28% -3.14%
3 2025-03-29 3.42%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7139

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-2014-7139

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7139

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cfdbplugin contact_form_db <= 2.8.15 cpe:2.3:a:cfdbplugin:contact_form_db:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7139

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