CVE-2014-3497

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenStack Swift 1.11.0 through 1.13.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the WWW-Authenticate header.

Published: 2014-07-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3497 is rated Moderate Risk (46.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.08%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.71% 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-2014-3497

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 0.38% 2.08% +1.71%
2 2025-03-30 0.50% 0.38% -0.13%
3 2025-03-29 0.50%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3497

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-2014-3497

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3497

GHSA-66vj-393f-hxfv · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Swift Cross-site Scriping vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3497

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3497 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (swift), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3497
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3497
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3497 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (swift), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream): not-affected 2, DNE 1, pending 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3497

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3497

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack swift 1.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.13.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.13.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3497

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