CVE-2014-1904

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in web/servlet/tags/form/FormTag.java in Spring MVC in Spring Framework 3.0.0 before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the requested URI in a default action.

Published: 2014-03-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1904 is rated Moderate Risk (49.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.35%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.54% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1904

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 1.81% 3.35% +1.54%
2 2026-03-17 2.20% 1.81% -0.39%
3 2025-03-30 2.20%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1904

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1904

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-1904

GHSA-ff7p-jqjm-v66h · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Spring Framework

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1904

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-1904 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1904
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1904
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1904 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 9, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1904

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1904

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pivotal_software spring_framework >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal_software spring_framework >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1904

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