CVE-2014-6288

The powermail extension 2.x before 2.0.11 for TYPO3 allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2014-10-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-6288 is rated Moderate Risk (58.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.91%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.78% 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-2014-6288

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 0.14% 1.91% +1.78%
2 2026-01-23 0.22% 0.14% -0.09%
3 2025-12-18 0.22%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-6288

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-6288

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-6288

GHSA-2jq7-pgqq-gqqj · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — TYPO3 powermail extension allows remote attackers to bypass CAPTCHA protection mechanism

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-6288

Comment: Per http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/typo3-ext-sa-2014-006/, only version 2.0.0 - 2.0.10 are vulnerable.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-6288

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*

References for CVE-2014-6288

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