CVE-2014-0173
The Jetpack plugin before 1.9 before 1.9.4, 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before…
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- redhat
Description
The Jetpack plugin before 1.9 before 1.9.4, 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, 2.6.x before 2.6.3, 2.7.x before 2.7.2, 2.8.x before 2.8.2, and 2.9.x before 2.9.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access to the XML-RPC service, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions and publish posts via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://jetpack.me/2014/04/10/jetpack-security-update/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 66789 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- jetpack-wordpress-cve20140173-sec-bypass(92560) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 57729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2014-0173)Record last updated .