VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-9574

critical
Published 2015-02-03 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in install.php in FluxBB before 1.5.8 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local install.php files via a .. (dot dot) in the install_lang parameter.

Predictions

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

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8203

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
fluxbbfluxbb{"endIncluding":"1.5.7"}

References

CWEs

CWE-22

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