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critical 9.1

CVE-2014-7236 in the critical feed json

Eval injection vulnerability in lib/TWiki/Plugins.pm in TWiki before 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the d…

published 2020-02-17 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-7107

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
55.6%
EPSS 55.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Eval injection vulnerability in lib/TWiki/Plugins.pm in TWiki before 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the debugenableplugins parameter to do/view/Main/WebHome.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/http/twiki_debug_plugins)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

55.64% 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/http/twiki_debug_plugins TWiki Debugenableplugins Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2014-10-09
  • EDB-36438 TWiki Debugenableplugins - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2015-03-19
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128623/Twiki-Perl-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/44 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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