CVE-2014-4511
Gitlist before 0.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the file name in the URI of a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 82.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Gitlist before 0.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the file name in the URI of a request for a (1) blame, (2) file, or (3) stats page, as demonstrated by requests to blame/master/, master/, and stats/master/.
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.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Gitlist Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/gitlist_execRank excellentdisclosed 30 Jun 2014
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Gitlist - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33990remote, multiplepublished 7 Jul 2014Verified
- Gitlist 0.4.0 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33929remote, multiplepublished 30 Jun 2014Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 33990 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 33929 (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
- 30 days later
· 30 days 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)
- 82.7% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (10 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
6
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitlist/Hw_KdZfA4js (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://hatriot.github.io/blog/2014/06/29/gitlist-rce/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127281/Gitlist-0.4.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 33990 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127364/Gitlist-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 33929 (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-2014-4438 (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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