CVE-2026-14225

LOWPre-NVD 2.72.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 2.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-07. A secondary CVSS source baseline 2.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
2.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 2.7Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

The Easy Appointments WordPress plugin before 3.12.28 does not correctly validate shortcode input in one of its block-rendering actions, checking only the first tag of the supplied string against an allowlist while rendering the entire string, allowing users with contributor-level access to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes.

CVSS v3
2.7
EG Score
2.7LOWmedium confidence
EG Risk
28
EG Risk 28/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity27% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
22nd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14225(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 37× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 05:49 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-04 05:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-10-01 01:43 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-01 01:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-27 17:29 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-27 17:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-23 22:33 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-23 22:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-20 20:35 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-20 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-17 15:15 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-17 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-14 11:37 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-14 11:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-11 09:39 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-11 09:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-08 07:41 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-08 07:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-05 03:31 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-05 03:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-01 23:04 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-01 23:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-29 21:06 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-29 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-27 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-26 17:28 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-26 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-25 23:19 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-25 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-22 21:22 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-22 21:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-21 23:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-19 19:24 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-19 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-16 17:16 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-16 17:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-13 15:18 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-13 15:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-08-10 23:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-10 13:20 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-10 13:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-10 12:36 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-10 12:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-08-07 14:26 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-08-07 14:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-07 14:13 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-07 14:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-06 22:17 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-08-06 22:15 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-14225?
CVE-2026-14225 is a low vulnerability published on August 6, 2026. The Easy Appointments WordPress plugin before 3.12.28 does not correctly validate shortcode input in one of its block-rendering actions, checking only the first tag of the supplied string against an allowlist while rendering the entire string, allowing users with contributor-level access to execute…
When was CVE-2026-14225 disclosed?
CVE-2026-14225 was first published on August 6, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-14225 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-14225 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (22nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14225?
CVE-2026-14225 has a CVSS base score of 2.7 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-14225?
No fix for CVE-2026-14225 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-14225 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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