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Fencer Intel
medium 4.3

CVE-2014-9014 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ajaxinit function in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php in the WP Marketplace plugin before 2.4.1 for Wor…

published 2019-11-06 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8842

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.6%
EPSS 11.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ajaxinit function in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php in the WP Marketplace plugin before 2.4.1 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to download arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

Timeline

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

Exploit prediction

11.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% 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
  • security.szurek.pl https://security.szurek.pl/wp-marketplace-240-arbitrary-file-download.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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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