CVE-2014-5465

high

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.

References

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/vulnerability-5

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-download-shortcode-security-issue

http://wordpress.org/plugins/download-shortcode/changelog/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-09-03

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.13543

Detections

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