CVE-2014-9243

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebsiteBaker 2.8.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) QUERY_STRING to wb/admin/admintools/tool.php or (2) section_id parameter to edit_module_files.php, (3) news/add_post.php, (4) news/modify_group.php, (5) news/modify_post.php, or (6) news/modify_settings.php in wb/modules/.

Published: 2014-12-03 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9243 is rated Exploit Available (55.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.65%). 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-2014-9243

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35277 exploit_db edb 2014-11-17 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9243

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 2025-04-08 0.96% 0.65% -0.31%
2 2025-03-30 0.76% 0.96% +0.21%
3 2025-03-29 0.76%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9243

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-2014-9243

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9243

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
websitebaker websitebaker 2.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:websitebaker:websitebaker:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9243

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