{"id":"CVE-2014-8802","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-8802","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:51:03.280Z","title":"The Pie Register plugin before 2.0.14 for WordPress does not properly restrict access to certain functions in pie-register.php, which allows remote attackers to (1) add a user by uploading a crafted CSV file or (2) activate a user account via a verifyit…","description":"The Pie Register plugin before 2.0.14 for WordPress does not properly restrict access to certain functions in pie-register.php, which allows remote attackers to (1) add a user by uploading a crafted CSV file or (2) activate a user account via a verifyit action.","published":"2015-01-23T15:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:17:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["genetechsolutions/pie register"],"epss":{"score":0.07363,"percentile":0.94368,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2015-01-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":35823,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Plugin Pie Register 2.0.13 - Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35823","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/35823.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/35823.txt","published":"2015-01-16","added":"2015-02-03","updated":"2015-02-03","author":"Kacper Szurek","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2014-8802","OSVDB-117141"],"tags":"WordPress Plugin","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.compie-register.2.0.13.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"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 7.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/62351","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://security.szurek.pl/pie-register-2013-privilege-escalation.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/pie-register/changelog/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/62351","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.szurek.pl/pie-register-2013-privilege-escalation.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/pie-register/changelog/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8802","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."}