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Limited ExploitationCVE-2014-5181Public Exploit

Last.fm Rotation - Local File Inclusion (CVE-2014-5181)

PublishedAug 6, 2014
First SeenAug 16, 2026
Last Seen
Reported
CVSS5.0
N/A
N/ALast.fm Rotation
wordpressphp

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in lastfm-proxy.php in the Last.fm Rotation (lastfm-rotation) plugin 1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the snode parameter.

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CVE-2014-5181 is a directory traversal in the Last.fm Rotation plugin for WordPress: the snode parameter of lastfm-proxy.php is not sanitised, so unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files from the server.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 25th of February 2026.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2014-5181 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers request wp-content/plugins/lastfm-rotation/lastfm-proxy.php with .. sequences in the snode parameter to read files such as wp-config.php.

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EventDate
CVE Published2014-08-06
Rule Released2026-02-25
CrowdSec First Seen2026-08-16

Related Weaknesses

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

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

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