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high 7.5

CVE-2014-1691 in the critical feed json

The framework/Util/lib/Horde/Variables.php script in the Util library in Horde before 5.1.1 allows remote attackers to conduct object injec…

published 2014-04-01 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-1765

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
42.9%
EPSS 42.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

The framework/Util/lib/Horde/Variables.php script in the Util library in Horde before 5.1.1 allows remote attackers to conduct object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object in the _formvars form.

Patch / fix

  • php-horde-util Debian 12 2.3.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1691

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-1691 updated cvss 7.5

horde: unserializing certain form input leads to code execution

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/horde_unserialize_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

42.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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