RCE in Microworld Escan Web Management Console

CVE-2014-125118

A command injection vulnerability exists in the eScan Web Management Console version 5.5-2. The application fails to properly sanitize the 'pass' parameter when processing login requests to login.php, allowing an authenticated attacker with a valid username to inject arbitrary commands via a specially crafted password value. Successful exploitation results in remote code execution. Privilege escalation to root is possible by abusing the runasroot utility with mwconf-level privileges.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.047 (91.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2014-125118: rose from 0.033 to 0.047.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.047 · change: +0.014

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-125118?
CVE-2014-125118 is a vulnerability in Microworld Escan Web Management Console, classified under OS Command Injection. Published 2025-07-25.
Is CVE-2014-125118 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.