CVE-2014-5316

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Dotclear before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted page.

Published: 2014-09-22 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-5316 is rated Low Risk (35/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5316

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 2025-03-30 0.37% 0.31% -0.06%
2 2025-03-29 0.31% 0.37% +0.06%
3 2025-03-17 0.31%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5316

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-2014-5316

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5316

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-5316 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dotclear), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 8, ignored 4, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5316

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5316

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dotclear dotclear <= 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0:beta_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0:beta_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0:beta_5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0:beta_5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0:beta_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0:beta_7:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.6:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotclear dotclear 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5316

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