CVE-2014-4511

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—💥 Exploit

Gitlist before 0.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the file name in the URI of a request for a (1) blame, (2) file, or (3) stats page, as demonstrated by requests to blame/master/, master/, and stats/master/.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 83%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 100
Score date: 10/11/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · Gitlist Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution
Published on Exploit-DB · Gitlist - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (7/7/2014)
Published on Exploit-DB · Gitlist 0.4.0 - Remote Code Execution (6/30/2014)
Proof of concept on GitHub (unverified) · List of proofs of concept on GitHub

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Affected technologies (1)

Gitlist — Gitlist

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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