CVE-2014-9735
The ThemePunch Slider Revolution (revslider) plugin before 3.0.96 for WordPress and Showbiz Pro plugin 1.7.1 and earlier for Wordpress does not properly restrict access to administrator AJAX functionality, which allows remote attackers to (1) upload and…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 75.6%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The ThemePunch Slider Revolution (revslider) plugin before 3.0.96 for WordPress and Showbiz Pro plugin 1.7.1 and earlier for Wordpress does not properly restrict access to administrator AJAX functionality, which allows remote attackers to (1) upload and execute arbitrary files via an update_plugin action; (2) delete arbitrary sliders via a delete_slider action; and (3) create, (4) update, (5) import, or (6) export arbitrary sliders via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 75.56% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 May 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- themepunch/showbiz pro · themepunch/slider revolution
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 75.6% 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://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/78Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71306
- http://www.themepunch.com/products/old-revolution-slider-pre-4-2-vulnerabilty-explained/Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2014/12/revslider-vulnerability-leads-to-massive-wordpress-soaksoak-compromise.htmlExploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/patch-for-revolution-slider/trunk/revsliderpatch.php
- https://whatisgon.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/another-revslider-vulnerability/Exploit
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7954
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/78Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71306
- http://www.themepunch.com/products/old-revolution-slider-pre-4-2-vulnerabilty-explained/Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2014/12/revslider-vulnerability-leads-to-massive-wordpress-soaksoak-compromise.htmlExploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/patch-for-revolution-slider/trunk/revsliderpatch.php
- https://whatisgon.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/another-revslider-vulnerability/Exploit
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7954
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.