CVE-2014-9735
The ThemePunch Slider Revolution (revslider) plugin before 3.0.96 for WordPress and Showbiz Pro plugin 1.7.1 and earlier for Wordpress…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 75.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- WordPress RevSlider File Upload and Execute Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/wp_revslider_upload_executeRank excellentdisclosed 26 Nov 2014
Nuclei templates1 template
- WordPress RevSlider - Remote Code Execution via File Upload (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2014/CVE-2014-9735.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- WordPress Plugin RevSlider 3.0.95 - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36957remote, phppublished 8 May 2015Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 75.6% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7954 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2014/12/revslider-vulnerability-leads-to-massive-wordpress-soaksoak-compromise.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.themepunch.com/products/old-revolution-slider-pre-4-2-vulnerabilty-explained/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20151125 Slider Revolution/Showbiz Pro shell upload exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 71306 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/patch-for-revolution-slider/trunk/revsliderpatch.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://whatisgon.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/another-revslider-vulnerability/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2014-9541 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-9735)Record last updated .