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CVE-2014-5297

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-5297 describes a PHP object injection and Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in X2Engine versions 2.8 through 4.1.7. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or make requests from the server by submitting specially crafted serialized data to the actionSendErrorReport method. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been identified, the underlying CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code) indicates a serious design flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x2engine:x2engine:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x2engine:x2engine:4.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0267 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

karmainsecurity.com / KIS-2014-09
Exploit
packetstormsecurity.com / files/128352/X2Engine-4.1.7-PHP-Object-Injection.html
Exploit
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/77
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/533513/100/0/threaded
x2community.com / topic/1804-important-security-patch
Patch