What is CVE-2014-8949?

CVE-2014-8949 is a vulnerability in Imember360, classified under Code Injection. Published 2014-11-16.

Is CVE-2014-8949 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Imember360

CVE-2014-8949

The iMember360 plugin 3.8.012 through 3.9.001 for WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the i4w_trace parameter. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2014-8948 to allow remote attackers to execute code. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue itself crosses privileges.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2014-11-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.075 (94.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.075 · newest: 0.075 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imember360 — versions 3.8.012, 3.8.013, 3.8.014

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

secunia.com/advisories/58094 (third-party-advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/126324/WordPress-iMember360is-3.9.001-XSS-Disclos… (Exploit)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33076 (Exploit, exploit)
osvdb.org/show/osvdb/106301 (vdb-entry)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/265 (mailing-list, Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8949?: CVE-2014-8949 is a vulnerability in Imember360, classified under Code Injection. Published 2014-11-16.
Is CVE-2014-8949 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.