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CVE-2014-4550: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in preview-shortcode-external.php in the Shortcode Ninja plugin 1.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML vi

medium Affects ninja (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in preview-shortcode-external.php in the Shortcode Ninja plugin 1.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML vi

Package
ninja (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=1.4
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 4% (90.3th percentile)
Published
2019-12-27
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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