CVE-2014-4511 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Gitlist before 0.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the file name in the URI of a request for a (1) blame, (2) file, or (3) stats page, as demonstrated by requests to blame/master/, master/, and stats/master/.

Published: 2014-07-22

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 86.6% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlist:gitlist::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlist:gitlist:0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlist:gitlist:0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlist:gitlist:0.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.86623.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://hatriot.github.io/blog/2014/06/29/gitlist-rce/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127281/Gitlist-0.4.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127364/Gitlist-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33929
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33990
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitlist/Hw_KdZfA4js

History

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Subscriptions

Gitlist Gitlist

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-07-22T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:20:25.991Z

Reserved: 2014-06-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-4511

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-07-22T14:55:09.770

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-4511

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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