CVE-2014-7228

Summary

CVECVE-2014-7228
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-03 22:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionAkeeba Restore (restore.php), as used in Joomla! 2.5.4 through 2.5.25, 3.x through 3.2.5, and 3.3.0 through 3.3.4; Akeeba Backup for Joomla! Professional 3.0.0 through 4.0.2; Backup Professional for WordPress 1.0.b1 through 1.1.3; Solo 1.0.b1 through 1.1.2; Admin Tools Core and Professional 2.0.0 through 2.4.4; and CMS Update 1.0.a1 through 1.0.1, when performing a backup or update for an archive, does not delete parameters from $_GET and $_POST when it is cleansing $_REQUEST, but later accesses $_GET and $_POST using the getQueryParam function, which allows remote attackers to bypass encryption and execute arbitrary code via a command message that extracts a crafted archive.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.10 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.11 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.12 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.13 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.14 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.15 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.16 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.17 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.18 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.19 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.20 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.21 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.22 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.23 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.24 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.25 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.6 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.7 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.8 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.9 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.0.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.0.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.0.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.0.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.0.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.6 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.3.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.3.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.3.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.3.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.3.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[20140903] - Core - Remote File Inclusion af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.joomla.org Vendor Advisory
Joomla! 3.3.4 / Akeeba Kickstart – Remote Code Execution (CVE-2014-7228) | Reiners' Weblog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websec.wordpress.com Exploit
Security update, September 2014 - AkeebaBackup.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.akeebabackup.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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