CVEs-PoC/2014/CVE-2014-8606.md

### [CVE-2014-8606](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8606)
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### Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter in a json_return action in the xcloner_show page to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/Xcloner-v3.1.1/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.