CVE-2014-5193

Sphider 1.3.6 - Cross-Site Scripting via Category Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-5193. PoCs published by Mike Manzotti.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates SQL injection, PHP code injection (RCE), and XSS vulnerabilities in Sphider 1.3.6. It includes proof-of-concept payloads for each vulnerability type, with clear examples of malicious input and expected responses.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/admin.php in Sphider 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the category parameter. NOTE: the url parameter vector is already covered by CVE-2014-5082.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Mike Manzotti · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34189

The exploit demonstrates SQL injection, PHP code injection (RCE), and XSS vulnerabilities in Sphider 1.3.6. It includes proof-of-concept payloads for each vulnerability type, with clear examples of malicious input and expected responses.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Sqli | Rce | Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Sphider 1.3.6
Auth required
Prerequisites: Authenticated access to the Sphider admin panel · Write permissions on conf.php for RCE
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109800
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109799
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34189

Scores

EPSS 0.0183
EPSS Percentile 76.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
sphider/sphider 1.3.6
Published Aug 07, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026