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medium 6.8

CVE-2014-7237 json

lib/TWiki/Sandbox.pm in TWiki 6.0.0 and earlier, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions an…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-7108

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.1%
EPSS 20.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

lib/TWiki/Sandbox.pm in TWiki 6.0.0 and earlier, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload files with restricted names via a null byte (%00) in a filename to bin/upload.cgi, as demonstrated using .htaccess to execute arbitrary code.

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Exploit prediction

20.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • twiki.org http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-7237 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030982 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/45 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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