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CVE-2014-4855: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Polylang plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a user description. NO

medium Affects polylang (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Polylang plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a user description. NO

Package
polylang (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=1.5.1 or =1.5
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (75.4th percentile)
Published
2014-07-10
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordpolylang (WordPress plugin) advisories

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