WordPress plugin
WP-DBManager < 2.72 — Command Injection
CVE-2014-8335Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <2.72Update to 2.72 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WP-DBManager wp-dbmanager
- Affected< 2.72
- 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
- Update to version 2.72, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP-DBManager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Larry W. Cashdollar.
(1) wp-dbmanager.php and (2) database-manage.php in the WP-DBManager (aka Database Manager) plugin before 2.72 for WordPress place credentials on the mysqldump command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in WP-DBManager
All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Admin+) Remote Code Execution on Multi-Site ≤2.80.7Update to 2.80.8 | CVE-2022-2354 | |
| High8.7 | Directory Traversal Allowing Arbitrary File Deletion <2.79.2Update to 2.79.2 | — | |
| Medium6.5 | Arbitrary File Read <2.7.2Update to 2.7.2 | CVE-2014-8336 | |
| High7.8 | OS Command Injection <2.72Update to 2.72 | CVE-2014-8334 |
- High7.2Authenticated (Admin+) Remote Code Execution on Multi-Site
≤2.80.7Update to 2.80.8
- 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
- High7.8OS Command Injection
<2.72Update to 2.72
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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