CVE-2014-2859

PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a direct request.

Published: 2014-04-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-2859 is rated Moderate Risk (49.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2859

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 2025-04-12 0.20% 0.34% +0.14%
2 2025-03-17 0.54% 0.20% -0.34%
3 2024-10-31 0.54%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2859

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-2014-2859

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2859

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
paperthin commonspot_content_server <= 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:paperthin:commonspot_content_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paperthin commonspot_content_server 8.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:paperthin:commonspot_content_server:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paperthin commonspot_content_server 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:paperthin:commonspot_content_server:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paperthin commonspot_content_server 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:paperthin:commonspot_content_server:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2859

URL Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/437385 US Government Resource
cvelogic Threat Intelligence