01 Record
CVE-2014-5465
Directory traversal vulnerability in force-download.php in the Download Shortcode plugin 0.2.3 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in force-download.php in the Download Shortcode plugin 0.2.3 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 13.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-09-03 19:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 11:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-08-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 05144a90754de78506a2780a58f359c0f126e91068c6ecafe15aeca31d5aa813
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.exploit-db.com34436http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34436
- www.securityfocus.com69440http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69440
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/support/topic/vulnerability-5
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128024/WordPress-ShortCode-1.1-Local-File-Inclusion.html
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/plugins/download-shortcode/changelog/
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-download-shortcode-security-issue