Media File Renamer < 1.9.4 — Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2014-2040Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.9.4Update to 1.9.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.4
- CVSS
- 6.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered) media-file-renamer
- Affected< 1.9.4
- Patched in1.9.4
Update to 1.9.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.9.4. Version 1.9.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered).
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.9.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Larry W. Cashdollar.
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the (1) callback_multicheck, (2) callback_radio, and (3) callback_wysiwygin functions in mfrh_class.settings-api.php in the Media File Renamer plugin 1.7.0 for WordPress allow remote authenticated users with permissions to add media or edit media to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters, as demonstrated by the title of an uploaded file.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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