CVE-2014-5023 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.4% (pctl 88)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Repository.php in Gitter, as used in Gitlist, allows remote attackers with commit privileges to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a branch name, as demonstrated by a "git checkout -b" command.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.36% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-07-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gitlist | gitlist |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Gitlist 0.4.0 - Remote Code Execution | 2014-06-30 |
References
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