CVE-2014-8492 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in assets/misc/fallback-page.php in the Profile Builder plugin before 2.0.3 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) site_name, (2) message, or (3) site_url parameter

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in assets/misc/fallback-page.php in the Profile Builder plugin before 2.0.3 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) site_name, (2) message, or (3) site_url parameter

Published Oct 6, 2017

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.21%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in assets/misc/fallback-page.php in the Profile Builder plugin before 2.0.3 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) site_name, (2) message, or (3) site_url parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.21% 0.01214

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

EPSS probability 0.01214

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	1.21% (0.01214)	67.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.21% (0.01214)	64.46th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.15% (0.00152)	32.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.25% (0.03254)	78.37th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.15% (0.00152)	33.23th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.09% (0.00088)	39.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 1, 2023	0.09% (0.00088)	36.96th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.09% (0.00087)	34.95th	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-2014-8492/
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8239
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
https://g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-8492/		x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8239		x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 6, 2017

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Oct 27, 2014

Link CVE-2014-8492

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-8492

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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