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CVE-2014-5465

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
03/09/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:werdswords:download_shortcode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 0.2.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:werdswords:download_shortcode:0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:werdswords:download_shortcode:0.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:werdswords:download_shortcode:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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