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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-5085 · published 10 February 2020

CVE-2014-5085: Sphider-plus injection vulnerability

Sphider Plus · Sphider Plus

A Command Execution vulnerability exists in Sphider Plus 3.2 due to insufficient sanitization of fwrite to conf.php, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-5085 pertains to instances of fwrite in Sphider Plus, but do not exist in either Sphider or Sphider Pro.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 5.8% · top 7.1% CWE-74 · Injection
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.5
5.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A Command Execution vulnerability exists in Sphider Plus 3.2 due to insufficient sanitization of fwrite to conf.php, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-5085 pertains to instances of fwrite in Sphider Plus, but do not exist in either Sphider or Sphider Pro.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127720/Sphider-Search-Engine-Command-Execution-SQL-Injection.html ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127720/Sphider-Search-Engine-Command-Execution-SQL-Injection.html ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-5085), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.