CVE-2014-3137

Bottle 0.10.x before 0.10.12, 0.11.x before 0.11.7, and 0.12.x before 0.12.6 does not properly limit content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via an accepted Content-Type followed by a ; (semi-colon) and a Content-Type that would not be accepted, as demonstrated in YouCompleteMe to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2014-10-25 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3137 is rated Moderate Risk (59.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.10%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.16% 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-2014-3137

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 0.94% 3.10% +2.16%
2 2025-04-04 0.21% 0.94% +0.73%
3 2025-03-30 0.21%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3137

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3137

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3137

GHSA-873q-wpqr-xfgw · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Bottle does not properly limit content-types

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3137

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3137 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (python-bottle), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3137
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3137 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (python-bottle), 22 status rows across 22 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 16, ignored 4, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3137

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3137

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bottlepy bottle 0.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.6 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.8 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.9 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.10 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.10.11 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.11.7 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bottlepy bottle 0.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:bottlepy:bottle:0.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3137

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