Path Traversal in Ajax-Pagination Project

CVE-2014-2674

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Ajax Pagination (twitter Style) plugin 1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the loop parameter in an ajax_navigation action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.152 (96.6th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2014-2674: held from 0.152 to 0.152.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.152 · newest: 0.152 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-2674?
CVE-2014-2674 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ajax-Pagination Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2014-2674?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-2674 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.