Vulnerability details

CVE-2014-125134

ChurcHope ChurcHope

ChurcHope WordPress Theme < 2.2 Path Traversal via downloadlink.php

CVSS 4.0

8.7High

Official description

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.

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
8.7High	4.0	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck)	`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`
7.5High	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
ChurcHope	ChurcHope	v < 2.2	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3c5833bd-1fe0-4eba-97aa-7d3a0c8fda15 third-party-advisory
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/129706/ exploit
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/churchope-lfi.yaml technical-description
https://web.archive.org/web/20220629224817/https://www.cloudways.com/en/best-wordpress-themes/nonprofit/church product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/churchope-wordpress-theme-2.2-path-traversal-via-downloadlink-php third-party-advisory

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Details

Published: 2026-10-21
Last updated: 2026-10-23
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): VulnCheck

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.81%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

57.2%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: Yes
Exploitation: Proof of concept
Technical impact: Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')