CVE-2014-2340 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.8% (pctl 86)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create website backups via a request to wp-admin/plugins.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.84% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-352 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-04-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xcloner | xcloner |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin XCloner 3.1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery | 2014-04-04 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57362
- http://wordpress.org/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/changelog/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32701
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531712/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66280
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57362
- http://wordpress.org/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/changelog/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32701
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531712/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66280
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23206
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