CVE-2014-8605

Exp

The XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! stores database backup files with predictable names under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a backup file in administrators/backups/.

Published: 2015-06-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8605 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.12%, 93th percentile). 3 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-2014-8605

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35212 exploit_db edb 2014-11-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8605

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 7.67% 7.12% -0.55%
2 2025-03-30 17.09% 7.67% -9.42%
3 2025-03-29 — 17.09% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8605

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-2014-8605

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8605

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xcloner xcloner 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:xcloner:xcloner:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
xcloner xcloner 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:xcloner:xcloner:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8605

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