{"id":"CVE-2014-5519","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-5519","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T06:48:55.259Z","title":"The Ploticus module in PhpWiki 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a device option in the edit[content] parameter to index.php/HeIp.","description":"The Ploticus module in PhpWiki 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a device option in the edit[content] parameter to index.php/HeIp.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.","published":"2014-09-11T14:16:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:11:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["phpwiki project/phpwiki"],"epss":{"score":0.64971,"percentile":0.99251,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2014-08-28","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":34451,"kind":"exploit","title":"PhpWiki - Remote Command Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34451","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/34451.py","file":"exploits/php/webapps/34451.py","published":"2014-08-28","added":"2014-08-28","updated":"2014-08-28","author":"Benjamin Harris","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":false,"codes":["OSVDB-110576","CVE-2014-5519"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comphpwiki-1.5.0.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 65.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110576","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128031/PhpWiki-Ploticus-Command-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/77","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/456","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/465","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/60293","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34451","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110576","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128031/PhpWiki-Ploticus-Command-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/77","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/456","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/465","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/60293","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34451","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5519","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."}