CVE-2014-9260

high
Published 2017-08-07 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.5
VIR risk
8.8

Description

The basic_settings function in the download manager plugin for WordPress before 2.7.3 allows remote authenticated users to update every WordPress option.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
w3edendownload_manager{"endExcluding":"2.7.3"}2.7.3

References

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