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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-9734 · published 30 June 2015

CVE-2014-9734: Themepunch slider revolution path traversal vulnerability

Themepunch · Slider Revolution

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Slider Revolution (revslider) plugin before 4.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the img parameter in a revslider_show_image action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 21% · top 2.6% CWE-22 · Path traversal
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
21%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 8 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Slider Revolution (revslider) plugin before 4.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the img parameter in a revslider_show_image action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://marketblog.envato.com/news/affected-themes/
http://marketblog.envato.com/news/plugin-vulnerability/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132366/WordPress-Revslider-4.2.2-XSS-Information-Disclosure.html Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34511 Exploit
https://blog.sucuri.net/2014/09/slider-revolution-plugin-critical-vulnerability-being-exploited.html Exploit
https://blog.sucuri.net/2014/12/revslider-vulnerability-leads-to-massive-wordpress-soaksoak-compromise.html Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/patch-for-revolution-slider/trunk/revsliderpatch.php
http://marketblog.envato.com/news/affected-themes/
http://marketblog.envato.com/news/plugin-vulnerability/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132366/WordPress-Revslider-4.2.2-XSS-Information-Disclosure.html Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34511 Exploit
https://blog.sucuri.net/2014/09/slider-revolution-plugin-critical-vulnerability-being-exploited.html Exploit
https://blog.sucuri.net/2014/12/revslider-vulnerability-leads-to-massive-wordpress-soaksoak-compromise.html Exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/patch-for-revolution-slider/trunk/revsliderpatch.php

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-9734), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.