CVE-2014-4940

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fn parameter to (1) charts/treemap.php or (2) charts/zoomabletreemap.php.

Published: 2014-07-11 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-4940 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.40%, 97th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-4940

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
39257 exploit_db edb 2014-05-28 Exploit-DB ↗
39256 exploit_db edb 2014-05-28 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-4940

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 42.62% 18.40% -24.22%
2 2026-03-16 53.84% 42.62% -11.22%
3 2026-02-24 — 53.84% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-4940

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-4940

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-4940

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tera_charts_plugin_project tera-charts 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:tera_charts_plugin_project:tera-charts:0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-4940

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