CVE-2014-1211

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in VMware vCloud Director 5.1.x before 5.1.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that trigger a logout.

Published: 2014-01-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1211 is rated Moderate Risk (44.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1211

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-19 0.19% 0.30% +0.11%
2 2023-03-07 1.21% 0.19% -1.03%
3 2022-02-04 1.21%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1211

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1211

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1211

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware vcloud_director 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcloud_director:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vcloud_director 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcloud_director:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vcloud_director 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcloud_director:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1211

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