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CVE-2014-9119

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9119 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the download.php component of the DB Backup plugin 4.5 and earlier for WordPress. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the "file" parameter with ".." sequences. With a CVSS score of 5.0 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, this vulnerability presents a medium severity risk, enabling information disclosure without requiring authentication. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, indicating readily available methods for exploitation, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:db_backup_project:db_backup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2014-9119 · Feb 12, 2022
ExploitDB: EDB-35378 · Nov 26, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1612 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

seclists.org / oss-sec/2014/q4/1059
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/99368
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/7726
Exploit