CVE-2014-5519

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 65.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

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.

Affected products

Phpwiki Project Phpwiki: 1.5.0

References

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110576
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128031/PhpWiki-Ploticus-Command-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/77
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/456
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/465
http://secunia.com/advisories/60293
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34451
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110576
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128031/PhpWiki-Ploticus-Command-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/77
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/456
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/465

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