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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-8809 · published 24 December 2014

CVE-2014-8809: Wpsymposiumpro wp symposium cross-site scripting vulnerability

Wpsymposiumpro · Wp Symposium

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WP Symposium plugin before 14.11 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) text parameter in an addComment action to ajax/profile_functions.php, (2) compose_text parameter in a sendMail action to ajax/mail_functions.php, (3) comment parameter in an add_comment action to ajax/lounge_functions.php, or (4) name parameter in a create_album action to ajax/gallery_functions.php.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% · top 24.2% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WP Symposium plugin before 14.11 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) text parameter in an addComment action to ajax/profile_functions.php, (2) compose_text parameter in a sendMail action to ajax/mail_functions.php, (3) comment parameter in an add_comment action to ajax/lounge_functions.php, or (4) name parameter in a create_album action to ajax/gallery_functions.php.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://security.szurek.pl/wp-symposium-1410-multiple-xss-and-sql-injection.html Exploit
http://www.wpsymposium.com/release-information-for-v14-11/ Vendor Advisory
http://security.szurek.pl/wp-symposium-1410-multiple-xss-and-sql-injection.html Exploit
http://www.wpsymposium.com/release-information-for-v14-11/ Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-8809), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.