CVE-2014-8334

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Published 2014-10-31 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.5
VIR risk
6.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/changelog/

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wp-dbmanager_projectwp-dbmanager{"endIncluding":"2.71"}

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.