CVE-2014-8801
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 ..
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 18.03% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 November 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- strangerstudios/paid memberships pro
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 18.0% 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 (1)
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.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129189/Paid-Memberships-Pro-1.7.14.2-Path-Traversal.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://security.szurek.pl/paid-memberships-pro-17142-path-traversal.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35303Exploit, 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/71293Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98805Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/changelog/Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129189/Paid-Memberships-Pro-1.7.14.2-Path-Traversal.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://security.szurek.pl/paid-memberships-pro-17142-path-traversal.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35303Exploit, 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/71293Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98805Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/changelog/Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.