THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-2996
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-2996

Xcloner vulnerability

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
10.2%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
XCloner Standalone 3.5 and earlier, when enable_db_backup and sql_mem are enabled, allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dbbackup_comp parameter in a generate action to index2.php. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries, since administrators might already have the privileges to execute code. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2014-2579.
Affected vendor
Xcloner
Affected product
Xcloner
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-04-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-2996

  • Confirm whether Xcloner Xcloner is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-2996.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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