CVE-2014-9013 describes a critical vulnerability in the WP Marketplace plugin version 2.4.0 for WordPress. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary new user accounts and escalate their privileges to administrator status. The vulnerability, stemming from improper input validation in the ajaxinit function, carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, demonstrating the feasibility of achieving remote code execution and administrative access. Despite available exploits, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpmarketplace_project:wpmarketplace:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.