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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-9013

The ajaxinit function in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php in the WP Marketplace plugin 2.4.0 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary users and gain admin privileges via a request to wpmp_pp_ajax_call with an execution target of…

EXPLOIT ×2HIGH 8.8EPSS 45.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 45.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The ajaxinit function in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php in the WP Marketplace plugin 2.4.0 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary users and gain admin privileges via a request to wpmp_pp_ajax_call with an execution target of wp_insert_user.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
45.93% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · first 22 March 2015
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
wpmarketplace project/wpmarketplace
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%25%50%20 October 2026: 45.93%3 November 2026: 45.93%20 October 20263 November 2026

EPSS moved from 45.9% on 20 October 2026 to 45.9% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

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-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-36490source ↗WordPress Plugin Marketplace 2.4.0 - Remote Code Execution (Add Admin)php · Claudio Vivianiwebapps25 March 2015no
EDB-36466source ↗WordPress Plugin Marketplace 2.4.0 - Arbitrary File Downloadphp · Kacper Szurekwebapps22 March 2015no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.