Is CVE-2014-5199 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-5199 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5199?

CVE-2014-5199 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-5199

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress File Upload plugin (wp-file-upload) before 2.4.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change plugin settings via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-352
EPSS score: 1.0% (62th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-5097)
Published: August 12, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5097 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

wordpress file upload project / wordpress file upload

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/60520
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-upload/changelog(Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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