$ cve CVE-2014-7228 JSON

CVE-2014-7228 EXPLOIT

7.5

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 55.4% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Akeeba Restore (restore.php), as used in Joomla! 2.5.4 through 2.5.25, 3.x through 3.2.5, and 3.3.0 through 3.3.4; Akeeba Backup for Joomla! Professional 3.0.0 through 4.0.2; Backup Professional for WordPress 1.0.b1 through 1.1.3; Solo 1.0.b1 through 1.1.2; Admin Tools Core and Professional 2.0.0 through 2.4.4; and CMS Update 1.0.a1 through 1.0.1, when performing a backup or update for an archive, does not delete parameters from $_GET and $_POST when it is cleansing $_REQUEST, but later accesses $_GET and $_POST using the getQueryParam function, which allows remote attackers to bypass encryption and execute arbitrary code via a command message that extracts a crafted archive.

Scoring

CVSS	7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	55.4% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-310
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2014-11-03
Last modified	2026-06-17

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
joomla	joomla\!

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Joomla! Component Akeeba Kickstart - Unserialize Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)	2014-10-21

References

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