CVE-2014-8690
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…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Exponent CMS 2.3.1 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36059webapps, phppublished 12 Feb 2015Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 36059 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130382/Exponent-CMS-2.3.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1031775 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 118263 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 118345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.exponentcms.org/news/show/title/corrected-security-patches-released-for-v2-1-4-v2-2-3-and-v2-3-0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36059 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://exponentcms.lighthouseapp.com/projects/61783/tickets/1230-universal-cross-site-scripting-in-exponent-cms-231-and-prior (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- exponentcms-cve20148690-xss(100877) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-8522 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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