CVE-2014-5519

PhpWiki 1.5.0 - Remote Code Execution via Ploticus Module Device Option

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2014-5519. PoCs published by Benjamin Harris, including Metasploit module exploits/multi/http/phpwiki_ploticus_exec.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a command injection vulnerability in the 'Ploticus' integration of a wiki system. It injects arbitrary commands via the 'edit[content]' parameter and retrieves output by parsing delimited responses.

Description

The Ploticus module in PhpWiki 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a device option in the edit[content] parameter to index.php/HeIp. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by Benjamin Harris · pythonwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34451

View Code ZIP pw:eip

This exploit targets a command injection vulnerability in the 'Ploticus' integration of a wiki system. It injects arbitrary commands via the 'edit[content]' parameter and retrieves output by parsing delimited responses.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Unknown wiki system with Ploticus integration (likely older versions)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Network access to the target wiki system

MITRE ATT&CK

T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT

by Benjamin Harris · rubypocphp

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/phpwiki_ploticus_exec.rb

View Code ZIP pw:eip

This Metasploit module exploits a command injection vulnerability in PhpWiki 1.5.0's Ploticus module to achieve remote code execution by injecting a PHP payload into the 'edit[content]' parameter.