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$ cve CVE-2014-8801 JSON

CVE-2014-8801 EXPLOIT

5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 18% (pctl 97)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in services/getfile.php in the Paid Memberships Pro plugin before 1.7.15 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the QUERY_STRING in a getfile action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Scoring

CVSS5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS18.03% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-22
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2014-11-28
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
strangerstudiospaid memberships pro

Public exploits

References

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