CVE-2014-2936: caldera Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-2936 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Code Injection vulnerability in caldera. EPSS estimates a 1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 08-05-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The directory manager in Caldera 9.20 allows remote attackers to conduct variable-injection attacks in the global scope via (1) the maindir_hotfolder parameter to dirmng/index.php, or an unspecified parameter to (2) PPD/index.php, (3) dirmng/docmd.php, or (4) dirmng/param.php.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.