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CVE-2014-8539
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Email Form 1.8.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Email Form 1.8.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the mod_simpleemailform_field2_1 parameter to index.php.
Timeline
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By mitre
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23241 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129171/Joomla-Simple-Email-Form-1.8.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20141119 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Simple Email Form Joomla Extension (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 71131 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-8376 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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