CVE-2014-4170 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Free Reprintables ArticleFR 11.06.2014. It stems from insufficient access restrictions in the data.php script, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain, modify, or delete database information. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freereprintables:articlefr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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