CVE-2014-6607

M/Monit <3.3.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-6607. PoCs published by Dolev Farhi.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a CSRF exploit for M/Monit that allows an attacker to reset the password of any user account, including the admin, without knowing the current password. The PoC is a simple HTML form that submits a POST request to the vulnerable endpoint.

Description

M/Monit 3.3.2 and earlier does not verify the original password before changing passwords, which allows remote attackers to change the password of other users and gain privileges via the fullname and password parameters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-6409.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Dolev Farhi · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34718

This is a CSRF exploit for M/Monit that allows an attacker to reset the password of any user account, including the admin, without knowing the current password. The PoC is a simple HTML form that submits a POST request to the vulnerable endpoint.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: M/Monit <= 3.2.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must be authenticated and visit the malicious HTML page
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/71
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34718

Scores

EPSS 0.0665
EPSS Percentile 93.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-255
Status published
Products (1)
mmonit/m\/monit < 3.3.2
Published Oct 06, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026