CVE-2014-4854 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Construction Mode plugin 1.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the wuc_logo parameter in a save action to wp-admin/admin.php

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Construction Mode plugin 1.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the wuc_logo parameter in a save action to wp-admin/admin.php

Published Jul 10, 2014

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.62%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Construction Mode plugin 1.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the wuc_logo parameter in a save action to wp-admin/admin.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.62% 0.01618

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01618

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.62% (0.01618)	75.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.62% (0.01618)	72.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.17% (0.00174)	35.65th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	2.73% (0.02727)	76.54th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.17% (0.00174)	36.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.16% (0.00159)	53.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 8, 2024	0.16% (0.00159)	52.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.22% (0.00225)	60.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.22% (0.00225)	58.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (2)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127287/WordPress-Construction-Mode-1.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68287
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127287/WordPress-Construction-Mode-1.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68287		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 10, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jul 10, 2014

Link CVE-2014-4854

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4854

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-4854