CVE-2014-5083

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-02-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-74

Description

A Command Execution vulnerability exists in Sphider before 1.3.6 due to insufficient sanitization of fwrite to conf.php, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-5083 pertains to instances of fwrite in Sphider.

Affected products

Sphider: before 1.3.6 — fixed in 1.3.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Sphider 1.3.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127720/Sphider-Search-Engine-Command-Execution-SQL-Injection.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127720/Sphider-Search-Engine-Command-Execution-SQL-Injection.html

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