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)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.060 (93.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.1% 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-2014-8606: held from 0.060 to 0.060.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.060 · newest: 0.060 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.