CVE-2014-8949

Exp

The iMember360 plugin 3.8.012 through 3.9.001 for WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the i4w_trace parameter. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2014-8948 to allow remote attackers to execute code. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue itself crosses privileges.

Published: 2014-11-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-8949 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.51%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 4 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-2014-8949

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33076 exploit_db edb 2014-04-28 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8949

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 10.42% 7.51% -2.90%
2 2025-08-01 7.95% 10.42% +2.47%
3 2025-04-05 7.95%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8949

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8949

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8949

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imember360 imember360 3.8.012 cpe:2.3:a:imember360:imember360:3.8.012:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
imember360 imember360 3.8.013 cpe:2.3:a:imember360:imember360:3.8.013:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
imember360 imember360 3.8.014 cpe:2.3:a:imember360:imember360:3.8.014:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
imember360 imember360 3.9.000 cpe:2.3:a:imember360:imember360:3.9.000:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
imember360 imember360 3.9.001 cpe:2.3:a:imember360:imember360:3.9.001:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8949

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