MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2013-1409

Commentluv vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CommentLuv plugin before 2.92.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _ajax_nonce parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.
Affected vendor
Commentluv
Affected product
Commentluv
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2014-03-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-1409

  • Confirm whether Commentluv Commentluv is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-1409.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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