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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-7237 · published 16 October 2014

CVE-2014-7237: Twiki permissions and access controls vulnerability

Twiki · Twiki

lib/TWiki/Sandbox.pm in TWiki 6.0.0 and earlier, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload files with restricted names via a null byte (%00) in a filename to bin/upload.cgi, as demonstrated using .htaccess to execute arbitrary code.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 20% · top 2.6% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
20%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 6 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

lib/TWiki/Sandbox.pm in TWiki 6.0.0 and earlier, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload files with restricted names via a null byte (%00) in a filename to bin/upload.cgi, as demonstrated using .htaccess to execute arbitrary code.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/45 Exploit
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-7237 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030982 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96952
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/45 Exploit
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-7237 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030982 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96952

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-7237), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.