VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-4940

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 19.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fn parameter to (1) charts/treemap.php or (2) charts/zoomabletreemap.php.

CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 19.27% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits: 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 May 2014
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected: tera charts plugin project/tera-charts
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 19.3% 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-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-39257 source ↗	WordPress Plugin Tera Charts (tera-charts) - '/charts/zoomabletreemap.php?fn' Directory Traversalphp · Anant Shrivastava	webapps	28 May 2014	yes
EDB-39256 source ↗	WordPress Plugin Tera Charts (tera-charts) - '/charts/treemap.php?fn' Directory Traversalphp · Anant Shrivastava	webapps	28 May 2014	yes

References

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