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CVE-2014-0173

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Jetpack plugin before 1.9 before 1.9.4, 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, 2.6.x before 2.6.3, 2.7.x before 2.7.2, 2.8.x before 2.8.2, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access to the XML-RPC service, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions and publish posts via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• Jetpack: 1.9, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 (+29)

References

• http://jetpack.me/2014/04/10/jetpack-security-update/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/57729
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66789
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92560
• http://jetpack.me/2014/04/10/jetpack-security-update/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/57729
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66789
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92560

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