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CVE-2014-8334
The WP-DBManager (aka Database Manager) plugin before 2.7.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The WP-DBManager (aka Database Manager) plugin before 2.7.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) $backup['filepath'] (aka "Path to Backup:" field) or (2) $backup['mysqldumppath'] variable.
Timeline
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By mitre
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- [oss-security] 20141020 Re: Vulnerabilities in WordPress Database Manager v2.7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20141022 Vulnerabilities in WordPress Database Manager v2.7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20141021 Vulnerabilities in WordPress Database Manager v2.7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/changelog/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128785/WordPress-Database-Manager-2.7.1-Command-Injection-Credential-Leak.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/wp-dbmanager-2.7.1/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141016 Vulnerabilities in WordPress Database Manager v2.7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- dbmgr-wp-cve20148334-command-exec(97689) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 113508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 70626 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-8172 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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