CVE-2014-7237 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

lib/TWiki/Sandbox.pm in TWiki 6.0.0 and earlier, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload files with restricted names via a null byte (%00) in a filename to bin/upload.cgi, as demonstrated using .htaccess to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2014-10-16

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 29.6% Moderate

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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 Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.29599.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/45
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-7237
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030982
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96952

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Twiki Twiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T12:40:19.166Z

Reserved: 2014-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-7237

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-16T00:55:06.997

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

Link: CVE-2014-7237

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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