CVE-2014-8606

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter in a json_return action in the xcloner_show page to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

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-2014-8606 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.21%, 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-2014-8606

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-2014-8606

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 7.26% 6.21% -1.06%
2 2025-03-30 11.65% 7.26% -4.39%
3 2025-03-29 — 11.65% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8606

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8606

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8606

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-2014-8606

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