CVE-2014-9461

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in models/Cart66.php in the Cart66 Lite plugin before 1.5.4 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the member_download action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Published: 2015-01-02 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9461 is rated Exploit Available (58.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.06%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.83% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-9461

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9461

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 0.23% 2.06% +1.83%
2 2026-03-31 0.31% 0.23% -0.08%
3 2025-11-17 0.31%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9461

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/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: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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9461

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9461

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
reality66 cart66_lite <= 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:reality66:cart66_lite:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9461

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