CVE-2014-9097

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Apptha WordPress Video Gallery (contus-video-gallery) plugin 2.5, possibly as distributed before 2014-07-23, for WordPress allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the vid parameter in a myextract action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or (2) remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the playlistId parameter in the newplaylist page or (3) videoId parameter in a newvideo page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Published: 2014-11-26 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9097 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.54%). 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-2014-9097

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36058 exploit_db edb 2015-02-12 Exploit-DB ↗
34161 exploit_db edb 2014-07-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9097

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 2025-04-05 3.43% 2.54% -0.89%
2 2025-03-30 19.29% 3.43% -15.86%
3 2025-03-29 19.29%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9097

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-2014-9097

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9097

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apptha contus_video_gallery 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:apptha:contus_video_gallery:2.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9097

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