CVE-2014-2268

medium
Published 2014-11-16 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.0

Description

views/Index.php in the Install module in vTiger 6.0 before Security Patch 2 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to re-install the application via a request that sets the X-Requested-With HTTP header, as demonstrated by executing arbitrary PHP code via the db_name parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

Vtiger Install Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution
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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
vtigervtiger_crm1.0
vtigervtiger_crm2.0
vtigervtiger_crm2.0.1
vtigervtiger_crm2.1
vtigervtiger_crm3.0
vtigervtiger_crm3.2
vtigervtiger_crm4
vtigervtiger_crm4.0
vtigervtiger_crm4.0.1
vtigervtiger_crm4.2
vtigervtiger_crm4.2.4
vtigervtiger_crm5.0.0
vtigervtiger_crm5.0.1
vtigervtiger_crm5.0.2
vtigervtiger_crm5.0.3
vtigervtiger_crm5.0.4
vtigervtiger_crm5.1.0
vtigervtiger_crm5.2.0
vtigervtiger_crm5.2.1
vtigervtiger_crm5.3.0
vtigervtiger_crm5.4.0
vtigervtiger_crm6.0.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.