The alterSearchQuery function in lib/controllers/CmdownloadController.php in the CreativeMinds CM Downloads Manager plugin before 2.0.4 for…

published 2014-12-05 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8707

cvss: 10.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 14.4%; EPSS 14.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

The alterSearchQuery function in lib/controllers/CmdownloadController.php in the CreativeMinds CM Downloads Manager plugin before 2.0.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the CMDsearch parameter to cmdownloads/, which is processed by the PHP create_function function.

Timeline

2014-11-22 First public exploit (EDB-35324)
2014-12-05 Published

Exploit prediction

14.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-35324 WordPress Plugin CM Download Manager 2.0.0 - Code Injection webapps, 2014-11-22
packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129183/WordPress-CM-Download-Manager-2.0.0-Code-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-8877
NVD CVE-2014-8877

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary