What is CVE-2014-5085?

CVE-2014-5085 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sphider-Plus, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-02-10.

How severe is CVE-2014-5085?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sphider-Plus

CVE-2014-5085

A Command Execution vulnerability exists in Sphider Plus 3.2 due to insufficient sanitization of fwrite to conf.php, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-5085 pertains to instances of fwrite in Sphider Plus, but do not exist in either Sphider or Sphider Pro.

EPSS: 0.058 (92.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sphider-plus — versions 3.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5085?: CVE-2014-5085 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sphider-Plus, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-02-10.
How severe is CVE-2014-5085?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.