CVE-2014-9570

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the MyWebsiteAdvisor Simple Security plugin 1.1.5 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) datefilter parameter in the access_log page to wp-admin/users.php or (2) simple_security_ip_blacklist[] parameter in an add_blacklist_ip action in the ip_blacklist page to wp-admin/users.php.

Published: 2015-01-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9570 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). 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-2014-9570

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9570

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 2.73% 0.17% -2.55%
2 2025-03-29 0.17% 2.73% +2.55%
3 2025-03-24 0.17%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9570

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-2014-9570

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9570

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mywebsiteadvisor simple_security 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mywebsiteadvisor:simple_security:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9570

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