CVE-2014-8607

Exp

The XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! provides the MySQL username and password on the command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via the ps command.

Published: 2015-06-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-8607 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.86%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-8607

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35212 exploit_db edb 2014-11-10 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8607

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 0.20% 0.86% +0.66%
2 2025-03-30 0.38% 0.20% -0.17%
3 2025-03-29 0.38%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8607

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8607

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8607

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-2014-8607

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