CVE-2014-9243
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebsiteBaker 2.8.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) QUERY_STRING to wb/admin/admintools/tool.php or (2) section_id parameter to edit_module_files.php, (3)…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebsiteBaker 2.8.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) QUERY_STRING to wb/admin/admintools/tool.php or (2) section_id parameter to edit_module_files.php, (3) news/add_post.php, (4) news/modify_group.php, (5) news/modify_post.php, or (6) news/modify_settings.php in wb/modules/.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.48% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 17 November 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- websitebaker/websitebaker
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.5% 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.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129140/WebsiteBaker-2.8.3-XSS-SQL-Injection-HTTP-Response-Splitting.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/44Exploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129140/WebsiteBaker-2.8.3-XSS-SQL-Injection-HTTP-Response-Splitting.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/44Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.