{"id":"CVE-2014-9260","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-9260","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T04:39:42.859Z","title":"The basic_settings function in the download manager plugin for WordPress before 2.7.3 allows remote authenticated users to update every WordPress option.","description":"The basic_settings function in the download manager plugin for WordPress before 2.7.3 allows remote authenticated users to update every WordPress option.","published":"2017-08-07T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:18:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["w3eden/download manager"],"epss":{"score":0.11059,"percentile":0.95928,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2014-11-24","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":36301,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Plugin Download Manager 2.7.2 - Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36301","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/36301.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/36301.txt","published":"2014-11-24","added":"2015-03-06","updated":"2015-03-06","author":"Kacper Szurek","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2014-9260","OSVDB-115796"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130690/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.7.2-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130690/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.7.2-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9260","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."}