CVE-2014-2988

Public Exploit

Description

EGroupware Enterprise Line (EPL) before 1.1.20140505, EGroupware Community Edition before 1.8.007.20140506, and EGroupware before 14.1 beta allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code via crafted callback values to the call_user_func PHP function, as demonstrated using the newsettings[system] parameter. NOTE: this can be exploited by remote attackers by leveraging CVE-2014-2987.

Category

8.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.91% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0221.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:087 vendor advisory
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23212 exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532103/100/0/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-2988?
CVE-2014-2988 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-2988?
To fix CVE-2014-2988, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-2988 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-2988 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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