CSRF in Xcloner
CVE-2014-2340
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create website backups via a request to wp-admin/plugins.php.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xcloner — versions 2.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32701 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/66280 (vdb-entry)
- www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23206 (Exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/57362 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531712/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- wordpress.org/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/changelog/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-2340?
- CVE-2014-2340 is a vulnerability in Xcloner, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2014-04-03.
- Is CVE-2014-2340 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.