Verification Code for Comments <= 2.1.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2014-4565
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published August 1, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Anant Shrivastava (anantshri)
Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in vcc.js.php in the Verification Code for Comments plugin 2.1.0 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) vp, (2) vs, (3) l, (4) vu, or (5) vm parameter.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug verification-code-for-comments (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.0
Patched Version
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