CVE-2014-8334

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

The WP-DBManager (aka Database Manager) plugin before 2.7.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) $backup['filepath'] (aka "Path to Backup:" field) or (2) $backup['mysqldumppath'] variable.

Affected products

WP-DBManager: through 2.71

References

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113508
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128785/WordPress-Database-Manager-2.7.1-Command-Injection-Credential-Leak.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/99
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/365
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/410
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533763/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70626
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/wp-dbmanager-2.7.1/index.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97689
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/changelog/
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113508
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128785/WordPress-Database-Manager-2.7.1-Command-Injection-Credential-Leak.html

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