CVE-2014-8749 — Server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in admin/htaccess/bpsunlock.php in the BulletProof Security plugin before .51.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to trigger outbound requests that authenticate to arbitrary databases via the dbhost parameter

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Server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in admin/htaccess/bpsunlock.php in the BulletProof Security plugin before .51.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to trigger outbound requests that authenticate to arbitrary databases via the dbhost parameter

Published Dec 1, 2014

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.89%

Description

Server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in admin/htaccess/bpsunlock.php in the BulletProof Security plugin before .51.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to trigger outbound requests that authenticate to arbitrary databases via the dbhost parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.89% 0.01888

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01888

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.89% (0.01888)	78.77th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.89% (0.01888)	76.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.62% (0.00617)	67.47th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	22.48% (0.22480)	93.26th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 24, 2025	0.62% (0.00617)	67.50th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 23, 2025	7.14% (0.07140)	90.06th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.46% (0.00465)	62.27th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.27% (0.00268)	68.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.27% (0.00268)	66.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.27% (0.00268)	62.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/13
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/changelog/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/13		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/changelog/		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 1, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Oct 13, 2014

Link CVE-2014-8749

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-8749

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-8749