CVE-2014-7240 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Easy Contact Form Solution plugin before 1.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the value parameter in a master_response action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Easy Contact Form Solution plugin before 1.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the value parameter in a master_response action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

Published Oct 6, 2017

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.18%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Easy Contact Form Solution plugin before 1.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the value parameter in a master_response action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.18% 0.01180

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

EPSS probability 0.01180

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.18% (0.01180)	66.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.18% (0.01180)	63.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.18% (0.00178)	36.08th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.49% (0.03487)	79.06th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.18% (0.00178)	36.98th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.11% (0.00109)	45.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 7, 2024	0.11% (0.00109)	43.89th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.11% (0.00107)	41.88th	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)

https://g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-7240/
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8234
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-7240/		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8234		x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 6, 2017

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 30, 2014

Link CVE-2014-7240

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-7240

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-7240