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Fencer Intel
medium 5.0

CVE-2014-4940 json

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary…

published 2014-07-11 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4857

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
19.3%
EPSS 19.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fn parameter to (1) charts/treemap.php or (2) charts/zoomabletreemap.php.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-39257)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

19.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-39257 WordPress Plugin Tera Charts (tera-charts) - '/charts/zoomabletreemap.php?fn' Directory Traversal webapps, 2014-05-28
  • EDB-39256 WordPress Plugin Tera Charts (tera-charts) - '/charts/treemap.php?fn' Directory Traversal webapps, 2014-05-28
  • Nuclei template WordPress Plugin Tera Charts - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=851874%40tera-charts&old=799253%40tera-charts&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • codevigilant.com http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-tera-chart-local-file-inclusion/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
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References

Sources

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