CVE-2014-2856

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scheduler/client.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL path, related to the is_path_absolute function.

Published: 2014-04-18 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2856 is rated Moderate Risk (42.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.03%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2856

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 2025-03-30 1.93% 1.03% -0.90%
2 2025-03-29 1.03% 1.93% +0.90%
3 2025-03-19 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2856

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-2014-2856

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2856

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-2856 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2856
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2856
suse medium CVE-2014-2856 severity moderate: SUSE including 75 source package names (cups, cups-1.7.5-12.4, …), 161 product×package rows across 42 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (42 product lines)): Fixed 102, Known Not Affected 59. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2856/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-2856 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cups), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream): released 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2856

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2856

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple cups <= 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.5-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.5-2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6-2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6-3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.9-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.10-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.23 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.23 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.23:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2856

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