CVE-2014-5519

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-09-11 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5519 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 82.62%, 99th percentile). 6 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-2014-5519

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5519

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 2025-03-30 83.57% 82.62% -0.95%
2 2025-03-29 82.62% 83.57% +0.95%
3 2025-03-17 — 82.62% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5519

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-2014-5519

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5519

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-5519 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpwiki), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): DNE 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5519

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5519

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpwiki_project phpwiki 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpwiki_project:phpwiki:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5519

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