CVE-2014-4164

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AlgoSec FireFlow 6.3-b230 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a user signature to SelfService/Prefs.html.

Published: 2014-06-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-4164 is rated Exploit Available (53.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-4164

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-4164

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 0.32% 0.99% +0.67%
2 2026-02-19 0.22% 0.32% +0.09%
3 2025-03-30 0.22%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-4164

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-2014-4164

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2014-4164

  • AlgoSec (2014-08-06T09:01:07.687)

    This vulnerability has been fixed in AlgoSec FireFlow version 6.3 and on. Customers should upgrade to FireFlow version 6.3-b119 or later, 6.4-b170 or later, or any version of 6.5 or 6.6. Note that FireFlow 6.4 and below are already past their end-of-support date, and AlgoSec recommends that customers upgrade to a supported version. As of July 2014 the latest generally available version is 6.6.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-4164

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
algosec fireflow 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:algosec:fireflow:6.3:b230:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-4164

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