Is CVE-2014-9401 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-9401 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-9401?

CVE-2014-9401 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-9401

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Limit Posts Automatically plugin 0.7 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the lpa_post_letters parameter in the wp-limit-posts-automatically.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-352
EPSS score: 1.0% (63th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-9222)
Published: December 31, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-9222 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

wp limit posts automatically project / wp limit posts automatically

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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