CVE-2013-1412
DataLife Engine (DLE) 9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the catlist[] parameter to engine/preview.php, which…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 40.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
DataLife Engine (DLE) 9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the catlist[] parameter to engine/preview.php, which is used in a preg_replace function call with an e modifier.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- DataLife Engine preview.php PHP Code Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/datalife_preview_execRank excellentdisclosed 28 Jan 2013
Exploit-DB2 entries
- DataLife Engine - 'preview.php' PHP Code Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24444remote, phppublished 1 Feb 2013Verified
- DataLife Engine 9.7 - 'preview.php' PHP Code Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24438webapps, phppublished 28 Jan 2013Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 24444 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 24438 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 40.5% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- 57603 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24444 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://dleviet.com/dle/bug-fix/3281-security-patches-for-dle-97.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 89662 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 24438 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20130128 [KIS-2013-01] DataLife Engine 9.7 (preview.php) PHP Code Injection Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2013-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 51971 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-1450 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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