# CVE-2014-7956: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Pods plugin before 2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-01-15 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Pods plugin before 2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter in an edit action in the pods page to wp-admin/admin.php.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/26
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71995
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129890/WordPress-Pods-2.4.3-CSRF-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534437/100/0/threaded

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