Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2014-125134

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Oct 20, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 23, 2026 · ChurcHope ChurcHope

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CVE-2014-125134 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm ChurcHope ChurcHope against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
High8.7
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.64%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor ChurcHope ChurcHope

ChurcHope theme for WordPress before 2.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files through the 'file' parameter of /wp-content/themes/churchope/lib/downloadlink.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences to read sensitive files like wp-config.php or /etc/passwd, exposing database credentials. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-18.

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How to fix CVE-2014-125134

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2014-125134 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm ChurcHope ChurcHope against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 0.64%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 20, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    ChurcHope theme for WordPress before 2.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files through the 'file' parameter of /wp-content/themes/churchope/lib/downloadlink.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences to read sensitive files like wp-config.php or /etc/passwd, exposing database credentials. Exploitation evidence was fir

  2. Oct 20, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Oct 22, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    ChurcHope theme for WordPress before 2.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files through the 'file' parameter of /wp-content/themes/churchope/lib/downloadlink.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences to read sensitive files like wp-config.php or /etc/passwd, exposing database credentials. Exploitation evidence was fir

  4. Oct 23, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    ChurcHope theme for WordPress before 2.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files through the 'file' parameter of /wp-content/themes/churchope/lib/downloadlink.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences to read sensitive files like wp-config.php or /etc/passwd, exposing database credentials. Exploitation evidence was fir

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2014-125134

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-125134

    30-day exploitation probability 0.64%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2014-125134

    ChurcHope theme for WordPress before 2.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files through the 'file' parameter of /wp-content/themes/churchope/lib/downloadlink.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-125134

    ChurcHope theme for WordPress before 2.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files through the 'file' parameter of /wp-content/themes/churchope/lib/downloadlink.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.