CVE-2014-7237
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
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.
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.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| twiki | twiki | {"endIncluding":"6.0.0"} | |
References
- 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
- 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
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.