CVE-2014-8488

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrator panel in Yourls 1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL that is processed by the Shorten functionality.

Published: 2014-12-10 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8488 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-8488

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8488

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 2025-04-08 0.36% 0.26% -0.10%
2 2025-03-17 0.21% 0.36% +0.14%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.21% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8488

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-2014-8488

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8488

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yourls yourls 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:yourls:yourls:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 20 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 21 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 22 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8488

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