Ilias
CVE-2014-2089
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Code injection prevention, sandbox exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, M complexity. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 5.32%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject and execute arbitrary code within the application by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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ILIAS 4.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via an e-mail attachment that leads to creation of a .php file with a certain client_id pathname. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Never evaluate user-controlled input as code. Use sandboxing, disable dangerous functions, apply strict input validation.
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This vulnerability is classified as Code Injection (CWE-94), which allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application. ILIAS 4.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via an e-mail attachment that leads to creation of a .php file with a certain client_id pathname. Affected products include: Ilias.
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AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
ILIAS 4.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via an e-mail attachment that leads to creation of a .php file with a certain client_id pathname.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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Remote Code Execution can occur via the external news feed in ILIAS 6.4 because of incorrect parameter sanitization for
The Learning Module in ILIAS 7.25 (2023-09-12 release) allows an attacker (with basic user privileges) to achieve a high
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ILIAS 7 before 7.30 and ILIAS 8 before 8.11 as well as ILIAS 9.0 allow remote authenticated attackers with administrativ
A Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "Import of user role and title of user role" feature in ILIAS 7
ILIAS (2013-09-12 release) contains a medium-criticality Directory Traversal local file inclusion vulnerability in the S
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ILIAS before 7.16 has an Open Redirect. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no
ILIAS before 5.1.26, 5.2.x before 5.2.15, and 5.3.x before 5.3.4, due to inconsistencies in parameter handling, is vulne
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