CVE-2014-2674 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Ajax Pagination (twitter Style) plugin 1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the loop parameter in an ajax_navigation action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Published: 2018-03-19

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 15.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ajax-pagination_project:ajax-pagination:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.15445.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/end-user-exploitable-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-ajax-pagination-twitter-style-1-1/

History

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Subscriptions

Ajax-pagination Project Ajax-pagination

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-03-19T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:21:36.011Z

Reserved: 2014-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-2674

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-19T21:29:00.487

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:07:00.783

Link: CVE-2014-2674

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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