MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-4544

Podcast Channels vulnerability

CVSS
6.1
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Podcast Channels plugin 0.20 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Filename parameter to getid3/demos/demo.write.php.
Affected vendor
Podcast Channels Project
Affected product
Podcast Channels
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2019-12-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-4544

  • Confirm whether Podcast Channels Project Podcast Channels is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-4544.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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