CVE-2014-8998

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8998
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-20 13:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionlib/message.php in X7 Chat 2.0.0 through 2.0.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted HTTP header to index.php, which is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.0 All All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.0 a1 All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.0 a2 All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.0 a3 All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.0 b1 All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.0 b2 All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.1 a1 All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.2 All All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.3 All All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.4 All All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.4.1 All All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.4.3 All All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.4.4 All All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.5 All All All
Application X7chat X7 Chat 2.0.5.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
X7 Chat 2.0.5 lib/message.php preg_replace() PHP Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
X7 Chat 2.0.5 lib/message.php preg_replace() PHP Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
X7 Chat 'lib/message.php' Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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