What is CVE-2014-125059?

CVE-2014-125059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sternenblog Project, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2023-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2014-125059?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-125059 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Sternenblog Project

CVE-2014-125059

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in sternenseemann sternenblog. This issue affects the function blog_index of the file main.c. The manipulation of the argument post_path leads to file inclusion. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Upgrading to version 0.1.0 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is cf715d911d8ce17969a7926dea651e930c27e71a. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217613 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This case is rather theoretical and probably won't happen. Maybe only on obscure Web servers.

Published 2023-01-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2014-125059

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/sternenseemann/sternenblog/commit/cf715d911d8ce17969a7926dea651e930c… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, patch)
github.com/sternenseemann/sternenblog/releases/tag/0.1.0 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-125059?: CVE-2014-125059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sternenblog Project, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2023-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2014-125059?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-125059 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.