CVE-2014-0173

The Jetpack plugin before 1.9 before 1.9.4, 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, 2.6.x before 2.6.3, 2.7.x before 2.7.2, 2.8.x before 2.8.2, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access to the XML-RPC service, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions and publish posts via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2014-04-22 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-0173 is rated Moderate Risk (53/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.24%). EPSS rose +1.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0173

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.67% 2.24% +1.57%
2 2025-03-30 23.03% 0.67% -22.36%
3 2025-03-29 — 23.03% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0173

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0173

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0173

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
automattic jetpack 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:1.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 1.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
automattic jetpack 2.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:2.9.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0173

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