What is CVE-2014-0208?

CVE-2014-0208 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2014-0208?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Theforeman Foreman

CVE-2014-0208

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search auto-completion functionality in Foreman before 1.4.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted key name.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Theforeman Foreman

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

theforeman.org/security.html (Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
projects.theforeman.org/issues/5471 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-0208?: CVE-2014-0208 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2014-0208?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.