CVE-2014-8690

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

Exponent CMS: through 2.1.4; 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.3.0, 2.3.1

References

http://exponentcms.lighthouseapp.com/projects/61783/tickets/1230-universal-cross-site-scripting-in-exponent-cms-231-and-prior
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118263
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118345
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130382/Exponent-CMS-2.3.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36059
http://www.exponentcms.org/news/show/title/corrected-security-patches-released-for-v2-1-4-v2-2-3-and-v2-3-0
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031775
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100877
http://exponentcms.lighthouseapp.com/projects/61783/tickets/1230-universal-cross-site-scripting-in-exponent-cms-231-and-prior
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118263
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118345
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130382/Exponent-CMS-2.3.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

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