CVE-2014-8087
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the post highlights plugin before 2.6.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the txt parameter in a headline action to ajax/ph_save.php.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the post highlights plugin before 2.6.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the txt parameter in a headline action to ajax/ph_save.php.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.90% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- post highlights projects/post highlights
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-8087/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-highlights/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8240Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-8087/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-highlights/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8240Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.