CVE-2014-5465

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-09-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in force-download.php in the Download Shortcode plugin 0.2.3 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

Affected products

Werdswords Download Shortcode: through 0.2.3; 0.1, 0.2, 0.2.2

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128024/WordPress-ShortCode-1.1-Local-File-Inclusion.html
http://wordpress.org/plugins/download-shortcode/changelog/
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-download-shortcode-security-issue
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/vulnerability-5
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34436
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69440
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128024/WordPress-ShortCode-1.1-Local-File-Inclusion.html
http://wordpress.org/plugins/download-shortcode/changelog/
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-download-shortcode-security-issue
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/vulnerability-5
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34436
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69440

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