CVE-2013-1412

high
Published 2014-06-02 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.5

Description

DataLife Engine (DLE) 9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the catlist[] parameter to engine/preview.php, which is used in a preg_replace function call with an e modifier.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-24444 remote php verified
Metasploit ยท 2013-02-01

DataLife Engine - 'preview.php' PHP Code Injection (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.
EDB-24438 webapps php verified
EgiX ยท 2013-01-28

DataLife Engine 9.7 - 'preview.php' PHP Code Injection

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Metasploit modules

DataLife Engine preview.php PHP Code Injection
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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
dlevietdatalife_engine9.7

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.