CVE-2014-5297

Exp

The actionSendErrorReport method in protected/controllers/SiteController.php in X2Engine 2.8 through 4.1.7 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection and Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks via crafted serialized data in the report parameter.

Published: 2014-10-10 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-5297 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.65%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-5297

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5297

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 2025-03-31 0.75% 0.65% -0.10%
2 2025-03-17 1.05% 0.75% -0.30%
3 2024-12-17 1.05%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5297

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5297

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-5297

Comment: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/918.html 'CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5297

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
x2engine x2engine 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:x2engine:x2engine:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x2engine x2engine 4.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:x2engine:x2engine:4.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5297

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