# CVE-2014-1683: Command injection in n/a

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in contact form parameters, requiring immediate upgrade of SkyBlueCanvas CMS.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v2h5-46c5-j7mf

## What is CVE-2014-1683?

CVE-2014-1683 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The bashMail function in cms/data/skins/techjunkie/fragments/contacts/functions.php in SkyBlueCanvas CMS before 1.1 r248-04, when the pid parameter is 4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) name, (2) email, (3) subject, or (4) message parameter to index.php.

Weakness: CWE-134 (Use of Externally-Controlled Format String)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1683?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Skybluecanvas Skybluecanvas.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-1683?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-1683 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-1683 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Skybluecanvas CMS 1.1 r248-03 - Remote Command Execution (exploitdb)
- SkyBlueCanvas CMS Remote Code Execution (metasploit)
- Skybluecanvas CMS - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2009-2115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2115/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2009-2114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2114/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2009-2116](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2116/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-1683 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-1683 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-1683 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1683/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1683/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1683
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1683
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-1683

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1683/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.