CVE-2014-8801
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 18.0%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in services/getfile.php in the Paid Memberships Pro plugin before 1.7.15 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the QUERY_STRING in a getfile action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 18.0% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8631)
- Published
- November 28, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8631 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- strangerstudios / paid memberships pro
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129189/Paid-Memberships-Pro-1.7.14.2-Path-Traversal.html(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://security.szurek.pl/paid-memberships-pro-17142-path-traversal.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35303(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.paidmembershipspro.com/2014/11/critical-security-update-pmpro-v1-7-15/(Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71293(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98805(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/changelog/(Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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