{"id":"CVE-2014-5084","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-5084","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:06:06.207Z","title":"A Command Execution vulnerability exists in Sphider Pro 3.2 due to insufficient sanitization of fwrite, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code.","description":"A Command Execution vulnerability exists in Sphider Pro 3.2 due to insufficient sanitization of fwrite, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-5084 pertains to instances of fwrite in Sphider Pro only, but do not exist in either Sphider or Sphider Plus.","published":"2020-02-10T15:15:19.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:11:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-74"],"affected":["sphiderpro/sphider pro"],"epss":{"score":0.07735,"percentile":0.94587,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2014-08-02","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":34238,"kind":"exploit","title":"Sphider Search Engine - Multiple Vulnerabilities","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34238","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/34238.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/34238.txt","published":"2014-08-02","added":"2014-08-02","updated":"2014-08-02","author":"Shayan S","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2014-5087","CVE-2014-5086","CVE-2014-5085","CVE-2014-5084","CVE-2014-5083","CVE-2014-5082","CVE-2014-5081","OSVDB-109843","OSVDB-109842","OSVDB-109841"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comsphider-1.3.6.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127720/Sphider-Search-Engine-Command-Execution-SQL-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127720/Sphider-Search-Engine-Command-Execution-SQL-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5084","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}