CVE-2014-2579

XCloner < 3.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Administrator Password Change or Database Backup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-2579. PoCs published by High-Tech Bridge SA.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The advisory details a CSRF vulnerability in XCloner Standalone 3.5, allowing attackers to change administrator passwords or execute arbitrary system commands via crafted HTTP requests. Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious page.

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in XCloner Standalone 3.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change the administrator password via the config task to index2.php or (2) when the enable_db_backup and sql_mem options are enabled, access the database backup functionality via the dbbackup_comp parameter in the generate action to index2.php. NOTE: vector 2 might be a duplicate of CVE-2014-2340, which is for the XCloner Wordpress plugin. NOTE: remote attackers can leverage CVE-2014-2996 with vector 2 to execute arbitrary commands.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by High-Tech Bridge SA · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32790

The advisory details a CSRF vulnerability in XCloner Standalone 3.5, allowing attackers to change administrator passwords or execute arbitrary system commands via crafted HTTP requests. Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious page.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: XCloner Standalone 3.5
Auth required
Prerequisites: Authenticated admin session · Options 'enable_db_backup' and 'sql_mem' enabled for command execution
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32790
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66751
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531780/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0621
EPSS Percentile 92.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (1)
xcloner/xcloner < 3.5
Published Apr 25, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026