CVE-2014-5389

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in content-audit-schedule.php in the Content Audit plugin before 1.6.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the "Audited content types" option in the content-audit page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Published: 2014-10-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5389 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.33%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.84% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-5389

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5389

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 0.50% 2.33% +1.84%
2 2025-03-30 16.30% 0.50% -15.80%
3 2025-03-29 — 16.30% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5389

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5389

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5389

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
content_audit_project content_audit 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:content_audit_project:content_audit:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
content_audit_project content_audit 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:content_audit_project:content_audit:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5389

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