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WP-DBManager < 2.72 — OS Command Injection

CVE-2014-8334Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: <2.72Update to 2.72 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High7.8
CVSS
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:L Attack vector
Local
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

WP-DBManager wp-dbmanager

  1. Affected< 2.72
  2. Patched in2.72

Update to 2.72 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 2.72. Version 2.72 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP-DBManager.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.72, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch WP-DBManager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Larry W. Cashdollar.

The WP-DBManager (aka Database Manager) plugin before 2.72 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) $backup['filepath'] (aka "Path to Backup:" field) or (2) $backup['mysqldumppath'] variable.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in WP-DBManager

All 5
More vulnerabilities in WP-DBManager
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2Authenticated (Admin+) Remote Code Execution on Multi-Site
≤2.80.7Update to 2.80.8
CVE-2022-2354
High8.7Directory Traversal Allowing Arbitrary File Deletion
<2.79.2Update to 2.79.2
—
Medium6.5Arbitrary File Read
<2.7.2Update to 2.7.2
CVE-2014-8336
High8.8Command Injection
<2.72Update to 2.72
CVE-2014-8335

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 7.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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