CVEs-PoC/2014/CVE-2014-8998.md

### [CVE-2014-8998](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8998)
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### Description

lib/message.php in X7 Chat 2.0.0 through 2.0.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted HTTP header to index.php, which is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128964/X7-Chat-2.0.5-lib-message.php-preg_replace-PHP-Code-Execution.html

#### Github
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