CVE-2014-9155

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Avatar Uploader module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.2 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.0-beta6 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path of a cropped picture in the uploader panel.

Published: 2014-12-01 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9155 is rated Moderate Risk (41.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.48%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9155

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 0.68% 1.48% +0.80%
2 2026-02-27 0.92% 0.68% -0.24%
3 2025-10-16 0.92%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9155

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9155

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9155

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
avatar_uploader_project avatar_uploader 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:avatar_uploader_project:avatar_uploader:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:*
avatar_uploader_project avatar_uploader 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:avatar_uploader_project:avatar_uploader:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:*
avatar_uploader_project avatar_uploader 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:avatar_uploader_project:avatar_uploader:7.x-1.0:beta1:*:*:*:drupal:*:*
avatar_uploader_project avatar_uploader 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:avatar_uploader_project:avatar_uploader:7.x-1.0:beta2:*:*:*:drupal:*:*
avatar_uploader_project avatar_uploader 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:avatar_uploader_project:avatar_uploader:7.x-1.0:beta3:*:*:*:drupal:*:*
avatar_uploader_project avatar_uploader 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:avatar_uploader_project:avatar_uploader:7.x-1.0:beta4:*:*:*:drupal:*:*
avatar_uploader_project avatar_uploader 7.x-1.x-dev cpe:2.3:a:avatar_uploader_project:avatar_uploader:7.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9155

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