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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2014-8603

CVE-2014-8603

Description

cloner.functions.php in the XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the (1) file name when creating a backup or vectors related to the (2) $_CONFIG[tarpath], (3) $exclude, (4) $_CONFIG['tarcompress'], (5) $_CONFIG['filename'], (6) $_CONFIG['exfile_tar'], (7) $_CONFIG[sqldump], (8) $_CONFIG['mysql_host'], (9) $_CONFIG['mysql_pass'], (10) $_CONFIG['mysql_user'], (11) $database_name, or (12) $sqlfile variable.

Affected products

2
  • Xcloner/Xcloner2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:xcloner:xcloner:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:xcloner:xcloner:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:xcloner:xcloner:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:*

Patches

0

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References

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