CVE-2014-9396

Exp

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the SimpleFlickr plugin 3.0.3 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) simpleflickr_width, (2) simpleflickr_bgcolor, or (3) simpleflickr_xmldatapath parameter in the simpleFlickr.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Published: 2014-12-31 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9396 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.01%). 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-2014-9396

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9396

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 0.12% 1.01% +0.89%
2 2025-03-30 0.93% 0.12% -0.80%
3 2025-03-29 0.93%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9396

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-2014-9396

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9396

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
simpleflickr_project simpleflickr <= 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:simpleflickr_project:simpleflickr:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9396

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