CVE-2014-7237

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

lib/TWiki/Sandbox.pm in TWiki 6.0.0 and earlier, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload files with restricted names via a null byte (%00) in a filename to bin/upload.cgi, as demonstrated using .htaccess to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation Windows: all versions
Twiki: through 6.0.0

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/45
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-7237
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030982
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96952
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/45
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-7237
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030982
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96952

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