CVE-2014-5298
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
FileUploadsFilter.php in X2Engine 4.1.7 and earlier, when running on case-insensitive file systems, allows remote attackers to bypass the upload blacklist and conduct unrestricted file upload attacks by uploading a file with an executable extension that contains uppercase letters, as demonstrated using a PHP program.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 3.0% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-5189)
- Published
- October 10, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5189 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- x2engine / x2engine
References
- http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2014-10
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128353/X2Engine-4.1.7-Unrestricted-File-Upload.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/78
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533514/100/0/threaded
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-234763.pdf
- https://github.com/X2Engine/X2Engine/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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