Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in TWiki - CVE-2014-7236
Published: February 17, 2020 / Updated: January 28, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34822
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7236
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Eval injection vulnerability in lib/TWiki/Plugins.pm in TWiki before 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the debugenableplugins parameter to do/view/Main/WebHome.
Affected software
TWiki
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7236
Install update from vendor's website.