GHSA-8699-m855-cwqf · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Cross-site scripting in Elasticsearch
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CORS functionality in Elasticsearch before 1.4.0.Beta1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-6439 is rated Moderate Risk (42/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.63%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2026-03-25 | 0.40% | 0.63% | +0.24% |
| 2 | 2025-09-30 | 0.32% | 0.40% | +0.08% |
| 3 | 2025-03-31 | — | 0.32% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-8699-m855-cwqf · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Cross-site scripting in Elasticsearch
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6439 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2014-6439 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (elasticsearch), 6 status rows across 6 suites (jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 4, needs-triage 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6439 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| elasticsearch | elasticsearch | <= 1.3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |