CVE-2014-7228

Akeeba Restore (restore.php), as used in Joomla!

published November 3, 2014

Patch now

High probability of exploitation

NVD has not assigned a CVSS score to this record. It sits in the 99.0th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS
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EPSS
55%
Percentile
99.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Akeeba Restore (restore.php), as used in Joomla! 2.5.4 through 2.5.25, 3.x through 3.2.5, and 3.3.0 through 3.3.4; Akeeba Backup for Joomla! Professional 3.0.0 through 4.0.2; Backup Professional for WordPress 1.0.b1 through 1.1.3; Solo 1.0.b1 through 1.1.2; Admin Tools Core and Professional 2.0.0 through 2.4.4; and CMS Update 1.0.a1 through 1.0.1, when performing a backup or update for an archive, does not delete parameters from $_GET and $_POST when it is cleansing $_REQUEST, but later accesses $_GET and $_POST using the getQueryParam function, which allows remote attackers to bypass encryption and execute arbitrary code via a command message that extracts a crafted archive.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.55404 · 99.0th percentile
Published
2014-11-03T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 NOV 22:00Z
    Akeeba Restore (restore.php), as used in Joomla!
    cvelistv5