CVE-2014-8731

CRITICAL

phpmemcachedadmin < 1.2.2 - Remote Code Execution via Serialized Data Filename Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-8731. PoCs published by sbani.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2014-8731 in PHPMemcachedAdmin by leveraging path traversal and arbitrary file write to achieve remote code execution. It crafts a malicious cluster configuration to drop a PHP shell and execute arbitrary commands.

Description

PHPMemcachedAdmin 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via vectors related "serialized data and the last part of the concatenated filename," which creates a file in webroot.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by sbani · poc
https://github.com/sbani/CVE-2014-8731-PoC

This PoC exploits CVE-2014-8731 in PHPMemcachedAdmin by leveraging path traversal and arbitrary file write to achieve remote code execution. It crafts a malicious cluster configuration to drop a PHP shell and execute arbitrary commands.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PHPMemcachedAdmin 1.2.2 and earlier
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target running vulnerable PHPMemcachedAdmin · Network access to the target
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533968/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71059
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533980/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98638

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1176
EPSS Percentile 95.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-502
Status published
Products (1)
phpmemcachedadmin_project/phpmemcachedadmin < 1.2.2
Published Mar 23, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026