CVE-2014-7181 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Max Foundry MaxButtons plugin before 1.26.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter in a button action on the maxbuttons-controller page to wp-admin/admin.php, related to the button creation page

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Max Foundry MaxButtons plugin before 1.26.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter in a button action on the maxbuttons-controller page to wp-admin/admin.php, related to the button creation page

Published Oct 16, 2014

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.05%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Max Foundry MaxButtons plugin before 1.26.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter in a button action on the maxbuttons-controller page to wp-admin/admin.php, related to the button creation page.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.05% 0.02053

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

EPSS probability 0.02053

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 (14 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.05% (0.02053)	80.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.05% (0.02053)	78.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.47% (0.00473)	61.82th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	5.62% (0.05617)	83.48th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 24, 2025	0.47% (0.00473)	61.94th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 23, 2025	2.16% (0.02162)	81.11th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.47% (0.00473)	62.65th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.25% (0.00247)	65.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.25% (0.00247)	63.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.25% (0.00247)	60.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128693/WordPress-MaxButtons-1.26.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533700/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://wordpress.org/plugins/maxbuttons/changelog
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23237
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128693/WordPress-MaxButtons-1.26.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533700/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://wordpress.org/plugins/maxbuttons/changelog		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23237		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 16, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 25, 2014

Link CVE-2014-7181

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-7181

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-7181