CVE-2014-2302

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-07-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The installer script in webEdition CMS before 6.2.7-s1 and 6.3.x before 6.3.8-s1 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP Object Injection attacks by intercepting a request to update.webedition.org.

Affected products

Webedition CMS: before 6.2.7.0; from 6.3.0 before 6.3.8; 6.2.7.0-s1, 6.3.8-s1 — fixed in 6.2.7.0, 6.3.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Webedition CMS 6.2.7.0, 6.3.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126861/webEdition-CMS-2.8.0.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/147
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532230/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67692
https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2014-004
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126861/webEdition-CMS-2.8.0.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/147
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532230/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67692
https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2014-004

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