CVE-2014-9735

Exp

The ThemePunch Slider Revolution (revslider) plugin before 3.0.96 for WordPress and Showbiz Pro plugin 1.7.1 and earlier for Wordpress does not properly restrict access to administrator AJAX functionality, which allows remote attackers to (1) upload and execute arbitrary files via an update_plugin action; (2) delete arbitrary sliders via a delete_slider action; and (3) create, (4) update, (5) import, or (6) export arbitrary sliders via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2015-06-30 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9735 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 82.75%, 99th 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-2014-9735

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36957 exploit_db edb 2015-05-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9735

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 2025-11-11 82.90% 82.75% -0.16%
2 2025-07-08 89.49% 82.90% -6.59%
3 2025-06-16 89.49%

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9735

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-2014-9735

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9735

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
themepunch showbiz_pro <= 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:themepunch:showbiz_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
themepunch slider_revolution <= 3.0.95 cpe:2.3:a:themepunch:slider_revolution:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9735

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