CVE-2014-8334
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD
The WP-DBManager (aka Database Manager) plugin before 2.7.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) $backup['filepath'] (aka "Path to Backup:" field) or (2) $backup['mysqldumppath'] variable.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- EPSS score
- 3.5% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8172)
- Published
- October 31, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8172 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wp-dbmanager project / wp-dbmanager
References
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113508
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128785/WordPress-Database-Manager-2.7.1-Command-Injection-Credential-Leak.html(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/99(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/365(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/410(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533763/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70626
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/wp-dbmanager-2.7.1/index.html(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97689
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/changelog/(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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