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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2014-7228 in the critical feed json

Akeeba Restore (restore.php), as used in Joomla!

published 2014-11-03 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-7100

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
56.0%
EPSS 56.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Akeeba Restore (restore.php), as used in Joomla! 2.5.4 through 2.5.25, 3.x through 3.2.5, and 3.3.0 through 3.3.4; Akeeba Backup for Joomla! Professional 3.0.0 through 4.0.2; Backup Professional for WordPress 1.0.b1 through 1.1.3; Solo 1.0.b1 through 1.1.2; Admin Tools Core and Professional 2.0.0 through 2.4.4; and CMS Update 1.0.a1 through 1.0.1, when performing a backup or update for an archive, does not delete parameters from $_GET and $_POST when it is cleansing $_REQUEST, but later accesses $_GET and $_POST using the getQueryParam function, which allows remote attackers to bypass encryption and execute arbitrary code via a command message that extracts a crafted archive.

Timeline

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

Exploit prediction

56.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/joomla_akeeba_unserialize Joomla Akeeba Kickstart Unserialize Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2014-09-29
  • EDB-35033 Joomla! Component Akeeba Kickstart - Unserialize Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2014-10-21
  • websec.wordpress.com http://websec.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/joomla-3-3-4-akeeba-kickstart-remote-code-execution-cve-2014-7228/ 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

References

Sources

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