Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pixabay-images.php in the Pixabay Images plugin before 2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the image_user parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1366 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.88%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.45% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35846 | exploit_db | edb | 2015-01-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-10-12 | 3.42% | 4.88% | +1.45% |
| 2 | 2025-04-13 | 3.77% | 3.42% | -0.35% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 3.77% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| pixabay_images_project | pixabay_images | <= 2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:pixabay_images_project:pixabay_images:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |