# CVE-2014-4940: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2014-07-11 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fn parameter to (1) charts/treemap.php or (2) charts/zoomabletreemap.php.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-tera-chart-local-file-inclusion/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=851874%40tera-charts&old=799253%40tera-charts&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39256
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39257
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2014/CVE-2014-4940.yaml

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