MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-5187

Tom M8te Plugin vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
4.7%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Tom M8te (tom-m8te) plugin 1.5.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the file parameter to tom-download-file.php.
Affected vendor
Tom M8te Plugin Project
Affected product
Tom M8te Plugin
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-08-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-5187

  • Confirm whether Tom M8te Plugin Project Tom M8te Plugin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-5187.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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