CVE-2014-2966

The ISO-8859-1 encoder in Resin Pro before 4.0.40 does not properly perform Unicode transformations, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended text restrictions via crafted characters, as demonstrated by bypassing an XSS protection mechanism.

Published: 2014-07-26 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2966 is rated Moderate Risk (47/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.67%). EPSS rose +1.27% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2966

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 0.40% 1.67% +1.27%
2 2025-12-28 0.28% 0.40% +0.11%
3 2025-12-27 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2966

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2966

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2966

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
caucho resin <= 4.0.39 cpe:2.3:a:caucho:resin:*:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
caucho resin 4.0.36 cpe:2.3:a:caucho:resin:4.0.36:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
caucho resin 4.0.37 cpe:2.3:a:caucho:resin:4.0.37:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
caucho resin 4.0.38 cpe:2.3:a:caucho:resin:4.0.38:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2966

URL Tags
http://caucho.com/products/resin/download#download Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162308 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
cvelogic Threat Intelligence