CVE-2014-8603 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published 10 Jun 2015 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote administrators can execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in backup configuration parameters within the XCloner plugin.

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-2014-8603?

CVE-2014-8603 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Jun 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8603?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Xcloner Xcloner.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8603?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8603 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-2014-8603 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8603 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p3pf-r6h4-6j4r.