CVE-2014-4856

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Polldaddy Polls & Ratings plugin before 2.0.25 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a ratings shortcode and a unique ID. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0017 (0.2%)

Percentile: 38.4%

EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

polldaddy_polls_\&_ratings_plugin_project:polldaddy_polls_\&_ratings

Technical description

Published: 7/10/2014, 4:55:06 PM

Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

References

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Actively exploited

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CVSS 10.0

CVSS 10.0 — máxima severidad teórica. Explotable de forma remota, sin privilegios, con impacto total. Aún no confirmada como explotada en el mundo real, pero parchea ya.

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Categorías de impacto que evalúa la IA

widely_deployed_infra — kernel Linux, OpenSSL, glibc, k8s, Docker, nginx, OpenSSH.

popular_dev_tooling — Node.js, Python, Go, React, Next.js, librerías comunes de npm/pip.

common_consumer_software — Chrome, Firefox, Windows, macOS, apps móviles populares.

enterprise_saas — GitHub, GitLab, Atlassian, Salesforce, Cisco, Fortinet, Ivanti.

niche_software — CMS regionales, herramientas de hobby, librerías de poco uso.

not_relevant — firmware específico de proveedor, software descontinuado.

EPSS — EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) by FIRST.org estimates the probability that a CVE will be exploited in the next 30 days. Range is 0 to 1; very fresh CVEs typically score low until evidence accumulates.