What is CVE-2014-4940?

CVE-2014-4940 is a vulnerability in Tera Charts Plugin Project Tera-Charts, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2014-07-11.

Is CVE-2014-4940 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Tera Charts Plugin Project Tera-Charts

CVE-2014-4940

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fn parameter to (1) charts/treemap.php or (2) charts/zoomabletreemap.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.187 (97.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Tera_charts_plugin_project Tera-charts — versions 0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-4940?: CVE-2014-4940 is a vulnerability in Tera Charts Plugin Project Tera-Charts, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2014-07-11.
Is CVE-2014-4940 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.