CVE-2014-8877
The alterSearchQuery function in lib/controllers/CmdownloadController.php in the CreativeMinds CM Downloads Manager plugin before 2.0.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the CMDsearch parameter to cmdownloads/,…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The alterSearchQuery function in lib/controllers/CmdownloadController.php in the CreativeMinds CM Downloads Manager plugin before 2.0.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the CMDsearch parameter to cmdownloads/, which is processed by the PHP create_function function.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 14.37% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 22 November 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- creative minds/cm download manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 14.4% 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/129183/WordPress-CM-Download-Manager-2.0.0-Code-Injection.htmlExploit
- http://www.itas.vn/news/code-injection-in-cm-download-manager-plugin-66.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534037/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71204
- https://downloadsmanager.cminds.com/release-notes/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129183/WordPress-CM-Download-Manager-2.0.0-Code-Injection.htmlExploit
- http://www.itas.vn/news/code-injection-in-cm-download-manager-plugin-66.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534037/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71204
- https://downloadsmanager.cminds.com/release-notes/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.