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CVE-2014-5086 json

A Command Execution vulnerability exists in Sphider Pro, and Sphider Plus 3.2 due to insufficient sanitization of fwrite to conf.php, which…

published 2020-02-10 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4985

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.8%
EPSS 9.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

A Command Execution vulnerability exists in Sphider Pro, and Sphider Plus 3.2 due to insufficient sanitization of fwrite to conf.php, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-5086 pertains to instances of fwrite in Sphider Pro and Sphider Plus only, but don’t exist in Sphider.

Patch / fix

  • sphider sphider 1.3.6
  • sphider-plus sphider-plus 3.2
  • sphiderpro sphider_pro 3.2

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-34238)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-34238 Sphider Search Engine - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2014-08-02
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127720/Sphider-Search-Engine-Command-Execution-SQL-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

Sources

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