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CVE-2014-8605

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-06-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! stores database backup files with predictable names under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a backup file in administrators/backups/.

Affected products

• Xcloner: 3.1.1, 3.5.1

References

• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/Xcloner-v3.1.1/
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=110
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/Xcloner-v3.1.1/
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=110

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