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CVE-2014-1836

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1836 describes an absolute path traversal vulnerability in ImpressCMS versions prior to 1.3.6, specifically within the image-edit.php component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server by providing a full file path in the 'image_path' parameter during a cancel action. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, leading to potential partial integrity and availability impacts. While no active exploitation or Metasploit modules are reported, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-31431) exists, indicating public knowledge of exploit techniques, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:impresscms:impresscms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31431 · Feb 5, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0371 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: impresscms/impresscmsFixed in: 1.3.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-wcj4-ff9m-5r7gmedium

ImpressCMS Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Delete

May 17, 2022

References

community.impresscms.org / modules/smartsection/item.php
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / show/osvdb/102770
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/14
github.com / pedrib/PoC/blob/master/generic/impresscms-1.3.5.txt
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/65279