# CVE-2014-1903: Code injection in n/a

> Remote attackers with low privileges can execute arbitrary PHP code in FreePBX by abusing unrestricted API function access.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Feb 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xvg7-pm76-82w3

## What is CVE-2014-1903?

CVE-2014-1903 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Sangoma Freepbx, published on 18 Feb 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

admin/libraries/view.functions.php in FreePBX 2.9 before 2.9.0.14, 2.10 before 2.10.1.15, 2.11 before 2.11.0.23, and 12 before 12.0.1alpha22 does not restrict the set of functions accessible to the API handler, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the function and args parameters to admin/config.php.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1903?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Freepbx Freepbx, Sangoma Freepbx.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-1903?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1903 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-1903 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-1903 exists.

Public exploit code:

- FreePBX 2.11.0 - Remote Command Execution (exploitdb)
- FreePBX config.php Remote Code Execution (metasploit)
- FreePBX - 'config.php' Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Sangoma Freepbx

- [CVE-2014-7235](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7235/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1802/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2007-2191](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2191/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2007-2350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2350/): Command injection in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2009-1803](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1803/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-1903 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-1903 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Sangoma Freepbx, published on 18 Feb 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-1903 exists.

Affected product: Sangoma Freepbx. 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-2014-1903/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1903/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1903
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1903
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-1903

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1903/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.