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Plain-English summary
CVE-2014-125031 is an authenticated, remote cross-site scripting issue in kirill2485 TekNet. A user-supplied statusentery value in pages/loggedin.php can affect page output. The known impact is integrity only: an attacker with an account could cause browser-side script behavior in a victim context. Public sources list a patch, but affected versions are not specified.
Executive priority
Handle during normal vulnerability remediation unless TekNet is internet-facing, broadly user-accessible, or used by untrusted accounts. The business risk is browser-side manipulation from authenticated users, with no sourced evidence of data theft, service outage, or active exploitation.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-79 in TekNet pages/loggedin.php, involving insufficient handling of the statusentery argument. CVSS v2 is 4.0 with AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N, meaning network reachable, low complexity, authentication required, partial integrity impact, and no stated confidentiality or availability impact. The referenced fix is commit 1c575340539f983333aa43fc58ecd76eb53e1816.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to organizations running kirill2485 TekNet, especially deployments with pages/loggedin.php reachable by authenticated users. The source bundle does not identify affected versions, package distributions, hosted instances, or CPEs, so inventory confirmation is required before prioritizing remediation.
Exploitation context
The sources state the attack can be launched remotely and requires authentication. There is no KEV listing and no cited evidence of active exploitation in the provided bundle. Treat this as a credible application-layer issue, not as a confirmed mass-exploitation event.
Researcher notes
Public data is sparse: affected versions are listed as n/a, the function name is unknown, and the main technical detail is the statusentery parameter in pages/loggedin.php. Use the patch diff and local code review to determine whether deployed forks remain vulnerable.
Mitigation direction
- Apply the referenced TekNet patch commit where applicable.
- Check vendor or project guidance for any newer fixes.
- Restrict access to TekNet to trusted authenticated users.
- Review output encoding around statusentery handling.
- Monitor application logs for unusual loggedin.php activity.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether kirill2485 TekNet is present in the environment.
- Identify whether pages/loggedin.php exists and is reachable.
- Verify the patch commit or equivalent code change is applied.
- Review statusentery handling for proper encoding and sanitization.
- Run authorized regression testing for authenticated page rendering.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4 (2.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
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AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N82.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 2.0 score
4MediumVector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://vuldb.com/?id.217176CVE reference · vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217176CVE reference · signature, permissions-required
- https://github.com/kirill2485/TekNet/commit/1c575340539f983333aa43fc58ecd76eb53e1816CVE reference · patch
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