CVE-2014-4664
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wordfence Security plugin before 5.1.4 for...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wordfence Security plugin before 5.1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the whoisval parameter on the WordfenceWhois page to wp-admin/admin.php.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wordfence Security plugin before 5.1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the whoisval parameter on the WordfenceWhois page to wp-admin/admin.php.
- Record
CVE-2014-4664- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wordfence Security plugin before 5.1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the whoisval parameter on the WordfenceWhois page to wp-admin/admin.php.
- Record
CVE-2014-4664- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-4586 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wordfence Security plugin before 5.1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the whoisval parameter on the WordfenceWhois page to wp-admin/admin.php.
- Record
EUVD-2014-4586- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8mph-qpr3-3458 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wordfence Security plugin before 5.1.4 for...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wordfence Security plugin before 5.1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the whoisval parameter on the WordfenceWhois page to wp-admin/admin.php.
- Record
GHSA-8mph-qpr3-3458- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-4664 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Wordfence Security Project Security, published November 6, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.26%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/70911
securityfocus.com/archive/1/533907/100/0/threaded
wordfence.com/blog/2014/06/security-fix-wordfence-5-1-4
hacktivity.websecgeeks.com/word-press-firewall-plugin-xss
securityfocus.com/bid/70915
wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/changelog
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4664
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mph-qpr3-3458