CVE-2014-2862

PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 does not check authorization in unspecified situations, which allows remote authenticated users to perform actions via unknown vectors.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-2862 is rated Moderate Risk (42.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2862

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 2025-03-17 0.17% 0.26% +0.09%
2 2024-04-25 0.14% 0.17% +0.04%
3 2024-02-08 0.14%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2862

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2862

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2862

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-2014-2862

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