{"id":"CVE-2014-8605","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-8605","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:44.247Z","title":"The XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! stores database backup files with predictable names under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a…","description":"The XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! stores database backup files with predictable names under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a backup file in administrators/backups/.","published":"2015-06-10T18:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:17:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["xcloner/xcloner"],"epss":{"score":0.06878,"percentile":0.94017,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2014-11-10","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":35212,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Plugin / Joomla! Component XCloner - Multiple Vulnerabilities","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35212","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/35212.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/35212.txt","published":"2014-11-10","added":"2014-11-10","updated":"2014-11-10","author":"Larry W. Cashdollar","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":false,"codes":["OSVDB-114181","CVE-2014-8607","CVE-2014-8606","CVE-2014-8605","CVE-2014-8604","CVE-2014-8603","OSVDB-114180","OSVDB-114179","OSVDB-114178","OSVDB-114177","OSVDB-114176"],"tags":"WordPress Plugin","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comxcloner-backup-and-restore.3.1.1.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/Xcloner-v3.1.1/"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/Xcloner-v3.1.1/","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=110","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/Xcloner-v3.1.1/","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=110","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8605","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}