CVE-2014-2340
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress...
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create website backups via a request to wp-admin/plugins.php.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.8
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create website backups via a request to wp-admin/plugins.php.
- Record
CVE-2014-2340- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create website backups via a request to wp-admin/plugins.php.
- Record
CVE-2014-2340- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-2377 No score
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create website backups via a request to wp-admin/plugins.php.
- Record
EUVD-2014-2377- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mg37-xw7q-j63c No score
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress...
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create website backups via a request to wp-admin/plugins.php.
- Record
GHSA-mg37-xw7q-j63c- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | WordPress Plugin XCloner 3.1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery | 2014-04-04 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-2340 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Xcloner, published April 3, 2014. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.84%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
exploit-db.com/exploits/32701
securityfocus.com/bid/66280
htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23206
secunia.com/advisories/57362
securityfocus.com/archive/1/531712/100/0/threaded
wordpress.org/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/changelog
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2340
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mg37-xw7q-j63c