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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2014-5519 in the critical feed json

The Ploticus module in PhpWiki 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a device option in the e…

published 2014-09-11 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-5406

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
65.0%
EPSS 65.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

The Ploticus module in PhpWiki 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a device option in the edit[content] parameter to index.php/HeIp. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-34451)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

64.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/http/phpwiki_ploticus_exec Phpwiki Ploticus Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2014-09-11
  • EDB-34451 PhpWiki - Remote Command Execution webapps, 2014-08-28
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128031/PhpWiki-Ploticus-Command-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/465 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/456 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/77 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.