CVE-2014-5465

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in force-download.php in the Download Shortcode plugin 0.2.3 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-5465
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2014-09-03T19:55:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2014-09-03T20:15:36
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:werdswords:download_shortcode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 0.2.3
cpe:2.3:a:werdswords:download_shortcode:0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:werdswords:download_shortcode:0.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:werdswords:download_shortcode:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128024/WordPress-ShortCode-1.1-Local-File-Inclusion.html Exploit
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/vulnerability-5 Patch
http://wordpress.org/plugins/download-shortcode/changelog/ Patch
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34436 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69440 Exploit
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-download-shortcode-security-issue Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5465
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5465
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:32:14 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 00:26:45 2014-09-03T19:55Z 2014-09-03T19:55:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 00:26:45 2014-09-03T20:15:36 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 00:26:45 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated