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CVE-2014-5519 is a command injection vulnerability in the Ploticus module of PhpWiki 1.5.0. The vulnerability arises because the module fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in the 'device' option within the 'edit[content]' parameter to index.php/HeIp. This allows remote attackers to inject shell metacharacters, leading to arbitrary code execution on the server.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (modules/exploits/multi/http/phpwiki_ploticus_exec.rb) that exploits a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2014-5519) in the Ploticus module of PhpWiki version 1.5.0. The exploit works by sending a crafted POST request to the /phpwiki/index.php/HeIp endpoint, injecting PHP code via the Ploticus device parameter, which is then written to a new PHP file on the server. The module then accesses this file via HTTP to execute the payload, achieving remote code execution. The exploit supports both generic PHP payloads and Linux x86 payloads, and is operational in nature, providing a working method to gain code execution on vulnerable targets. The only file in the repository is a Ruby script designed for use within the Metasploit framework.
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