CVE-2014-5178

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Easy File Sharing (EFS) Web Server 6.8 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the content parameter when (1) creating a topic or (2) posting an answer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2014-08-06 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-5178 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.84%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.59% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-5178

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5178

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 0.26% 1.84% +1.59%
2 2025-03-30 0.22% 0.26% +0.03%
3 2025-03-29 0.22%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5178

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-2014-5178

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5178

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
efssoft easy_file_sharing_web_server 6.8 cpe:2.3:a:efssoft:easy_file_sharing_web_server:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5178

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