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CVE-2014-10021

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in UploadHandler.php in the WP Symposium plugin 14.11 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the…

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 59.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 59.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in UploadHandler.php in the WP Symposium plugin 14.11 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in server/php/.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
58.97% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 December 2014
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
wpsymposiumpro/wp symposium
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%30%60%4 November 2026: 58.97%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 59.0% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-35778source ↗WordPress Plugin WP Symposium 14.11 - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)php · Metasploitremote13 January 2015yes
EDB-35543source ↗WordPress Plugin WP Symposium 14.11 - Arbitrary File Uploadphp · Claudio Vivianiwebapps15 December 2014no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.