CVE-2014-5258
Directory traversal vulnerability in showTempFile.php in webEdition CMS before 6.3.9.0 Beta allows remote authenticated users to read…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 20.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in showTempFile.php in webEdition CMS before 6.3.9.0 Beta allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- webEdition 6.3.8.0 - Directory Traversal (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2014/CVE-2014-5258.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB1 entry
- webEdition 6.3.8.0 (SVN-Revision: 6985) - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34761webapps, phppublished 24 Sept 2014Not verified
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
- 3 months later
· 3 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 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.3% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23227 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.webedition.org/de/aktuelles/webedition-cms/webEdition-6.3.9-Beta-erschienen (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20140917 Path Traversal in webEdition (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128301/webEdition-6.3.8.0-Path-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.webedition.org/de/webedition-cms/versionshistorie/webedition-6/version-6.3.9.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2014-5151 (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-2014-5258)Record last updated .