CVE-2014-9489 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting Gollum before version 3.1.1 and gollum-lib before 4.0.1, specifically when the string "master" is present in wiki documents. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the -O or --open-files-in-pager flags. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and requiring only authenticated access. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gollum_project:gollum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gollum_project:gollum-lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gollum_project:grit_adapter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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