Name: CVE-2014-5196: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2014-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-5196, CWE-79, CVSS 4.7, EPSS 0.02125

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.7

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Improved User Search In Backend Plugin	—	Update improved-user-search-in-backend plugin to version 1.2.6, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Aug 13, 2014

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