CVE-2014-2268
views/Index.php in the Install module in vTiger 6.0 before Security Patch 2 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 31.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
views/Index.php in the Install module in vTiger 6.0 before Security Patch 2 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to re-install the application via a request that sets the X-Requested-With HTTP header, as demonstrated by executing arbitrary PHP code via the db_name parameter.
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 an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Vtiger Install Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/vtiger_install_rceRank manualdisclosed 5 Mar 2014
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Vtiger - 'Install' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32794remote, phppublished 10 Apr 2014Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 32794 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 9 months later
· 9 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 31.2% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 66757 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.navixia.com/blog/entry/navixia-find-critical-vulnerabilities-in-vtiger-crm-cve-2014-2268-cve-2014-2269.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [Vtigercrm-developers] 20140316 IMP: forgot password and re-installation security fix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 32794 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2014-2306 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-2268)Record last updated .