CVE-2014-4941 describes an absolute path traversal vulnerability in version 1.7 of the Cross-RSS (wp-cross-rss) plugin for WordPress. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server by supplying a full file path in the 'rss' parameter to the proxy.php script. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only impacting confidentiality. While there is a Nuclei template available for detection, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cross-rss_plugin_project:wp-cross-rss:1.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.