CVE-2014-2996

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

XCloner Standalone 3.5 and earlier, when enable_db_backup and sql_mem are enabled, allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dbbackup_comp parameter in a generate action to index2.php. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries, since administrators might already have the privileges to execute code. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2014-2579.

Affected products

Xcloner: through 3.5

References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32790
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531780/100/0/threaded
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23207
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32790
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531780/100/0/threaded
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23207

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