CVE-2014-7237

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-10-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-7237 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 29.60%, 96th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.31% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-7237

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7237

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 2025-07-30 26.29% 29.60% +3.31%
2 2025-03-31 18.27% 26.29% +8.02%
3 2025-03-30 — 18.27% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7237

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-2014-7237

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7237

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
twiki twiki <= 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7237

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