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CVE-2014-5258

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-5258 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting webEdition CMS versions prior to 6.3.9.0 Beta. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by manipulating the 'file' parameter in showTempFile.php with dot-dot-slash sequences. With a CVSS score of 4.0, it is considered a medium-severity issue, requiring authentication but having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, indicating potential for exploitation. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.3.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:webedition:webedition_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2014-5258 · Sep 27, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-34761 · Sep 24, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1976 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/128301/webEdition-6.3.8.0-Path-Traversal.html
Exploit
htbridge.com / advisory/HTB23227
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/533465/100/0/threaded
webedition.org / de/aktuelles/webedition-cms/webEdition-6.3.9-Beta-erschienen
Vendor Advisory
webedition.org / de/webedition-cms/versionshistorie/webedition-6/version-6.3.9.0
Vendor Advisory