CVE-2014-1884

Exp

Apache Cordova 3.3.0 and earlier and Adobe PhoneGap 2.9.0 and earlier on Windows Phone 7 and 8 do not properly restrict navigation events, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended device-resource restrictions via content that is accessed (1) in an IFRAME element or (2) with the XMLHttpRequest method by a crafted application.

Published: 2014-03-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1884 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.20%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2014-1884

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1884

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 2.05% 8.20% +6.15%
2 2025-03-30 2.73% 2.05% -0.68%
3 2025-03-29 2.73%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1884

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1884

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1884

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1884 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (cordova-ubuntu, cordova-ubuntu-3.4), 44 status rows across 22 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 31, ignored 10, needs-triage 2, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1884

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1884

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache cordova <= 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cordova 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cordova 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cordova 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cordova 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cordova 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cordova 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cordova 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap <= 2.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe phonegap 2.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1884

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