What is CVE-2014-8606?

CVE-2014-8606 is a vulnerability in Xcloner, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2015-06-10.

Is CVE-2014-8606 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Xcloner

CVE-2014-8606

Directory traversal vulnerability in the XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter in a json_return action in the xcloner_show page to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.060 (92.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Xcloner — versions 3.1.1, 3.5.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8606?: CVE-2014-8606 is a vulnerability in Xcloner, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2015-06-10.
Is CVE-2014-8606 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.