What is CVE-2014-8603?

CVE-2014-8603 is a vulnerability in Xcloner, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2015-06-10.

Is CVE-2014-8603 known to be exploited?

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

Improper input validation in Xcloner

CVE-2014-8603

cloner.functions.php in the XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the (1) file name when creating a backup or vectors related to the (2) $_CONFIG[tarpath], (3) $exclude, (4) $_CONFIG['tarcompress'], (5) $_CONFIG['filename'], (6) $_CONFIG['exfile_tar'], (7) $_CONFIG[sqldump], (8) $_CONFIG['mysql_host'], (9) $_CONFIG['mysql_pass'], (10) $_CONFIG['mysql_user'], (11) $database_name, or (12) $sqlfile variable.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.062 (92.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Xcloner — versions 3.1.1, 3.5.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8603?: CVE-2014-8603 is a vulnerability in Xcloner, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2015-06-10.
Is CVE-2014-8603 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.