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high 8.8

CVE-2014-9013 in the critical feed json

The ajaxinit function in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php in the WP Marketplace plugin 2.4.0 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to…

published 2019-11-06 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8841

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
45.9%
EPSS 45.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

The ajaxinit function in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php in the WP Marketplace plugin 2.4.0 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary users and gain admin privileges via a request to wpmp_pp_ajax_call with an execution target of wp_insert_user.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-36466)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

45.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-36490 WordPress Plugin Marketplace 2.4.0 - Remote Code Execution (Add Admin) webapps, 2015-03-25
  • EDB-36466 WordPress Plugin Marketplace 2.4.0 - Arbitrary File Download webapps, 2015-03-22

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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.