CVE-2014-5090 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Location field of the admin panel.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-5090?

CVE-2014-5090 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Aug 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

admin/options/logs.php in Status2k allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Location field in Add Logs in the Admin Panel.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5090?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Status2k Status2k.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5090?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5090 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2014-5090 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5090 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vcg3-f395-4q6q.

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