CVE-2014-5023

Exp

Repository.php in Gitter, as used in Gitlist, allows remote attackers with commit privileges to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a branch name, as demonstrated by a "git checkout -b" command.

Published: 2014-07-22 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5023 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.78%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-5023

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33929 exploit_db edb 2014-06-30 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5023

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-07 4.06% 3.78% -0.28%
2 2026-01-31 3.96% 4.06% +0.09%
3 2025-03-30 — 3.96% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5023

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5023

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-5023

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html" target="_blank">CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection'</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5023

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitlist gitlist — cpe:2.3:a:gitlist:gitlist:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5023

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