CVE-2014-5196
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the...
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.
- Record
CVE-2014-5196- 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 request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.
- Record
CVE-2014-5196- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-5094 No score
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2014-5094- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wwf7-p72f-c86w No score
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the...
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.
- Record
GHSA-wwf7-p72f-c86w- 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-2014-5196 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Improved User Search In Backend Project User Search In Backend, published August 12, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.12%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.