What is CVE-2014-5086?

CVE-2014-5086 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sphider, 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-2014-5086?

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

Vulnerability in Sphider

CVE-2014-5086

A Command Execution vulnerability exists in Sphider Pro, and Sphider Plus 3.2 due to insufficient sanitization of fwrite to conf.php, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-5086 pertains to instances of fwrite in Sphider Pro and Sphider Plus only, but don’t exist in Sphider.

EPSS: 0.098 (95.0th 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

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-2014-5086?: CVE-2014-5086 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sphider, 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-2014-5086?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.