CVE-2014-8690

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Exponent CMS before 2.1.4 patch 6, 2.2.x before 2.2.3 patch 9, and 2.3.x before 2.3.1 patch 4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO, the (2) src parameter in a none action to index.php, or the (3) "First Name" or (4) "Last Name" field to users/edituser.

Published: 2015-02-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8690 is rated Exploit Available (58.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.95%). 3 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-2014-8690

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36059 exploit_db edb 2015-02-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8690

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 14.77% 3.95% -10.82%
2 2025-11-04 11.44% 14.77% +3.34%
3 2025-05-28 — 11.44% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8690

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-2014-8690

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8690

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
exponentcms exponent_cms <= 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exponentcms exponent_cms 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exponentcms exponent_cms 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exponentcms exponent_cms 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exponentcms exponent_cms 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exponentcms exponent_cms 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
exponentcms exponent_cms 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8690

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