CVE-2014-1222

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in kcfinder/browse.php in Vtiger CRM before 6.0.0 Security patch 1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter in a download action. NOTE: it is likely that this issue is actually in the KCFinder third-party component, and it affects additional products besides Vtiger CRM.

Published: 2014-08-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1222 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.79%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-1222

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36581 exploit_db edb 2015-03-31 Exploit-DB ↗
32213 exploit_db edb 2014-03-12 Exploit-DB ↗
27597 exploit_db edb 2013-08-15 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1222

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 2026-06-15 9.79% 8.79% -1.00%
2 2026-03-28 10.17% 9.79% -0.37%
3 2026-03-04 10.17%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1222

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1222

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1222

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vtiger vtiger_crm <= 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vtiger:vtiger_crm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1222

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