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CVE-2014-8335

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

(1) wp-dbmanager.php and (2) database-manage.php in the WP-DBManager (aka Database Manager) plugin before 2.7.2 for WordPress place credentials on the mysqldump command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Affected products

• WP-DBManager: through 2.7.1

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128785/WordPress-Database-Manager-2.7.1-Command-Injection-Credential-Leak.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/20/7
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/wp-dbmanager-2.7.1/index.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97691
• https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-dbmanager/commit/7037fa8f61644098044379190d1d4bf1883b8e4a
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/#developers
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128785/WordPress-Database-Manager-2.7.1-Command-Injection-Credential-Leak.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/20/7
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/wp-dbmanager-2.7.1/index.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97691
• https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-dbmanager/commit/7037fa8f61644098044379190d1d4bf1883b8e4a
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/#developers

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