What is CVE-2014-5238?

CVE-2014-5238 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Appsuite, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2014-5238?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

XXE in Open-Xchange Appsuite

CVE-2014-5238

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Open-Xchange (OX) AppSuite before 7.4.2-rev11 and 7.6.x before 7.6.0-rev9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly other unspecified impact via a crafted OpenDocument Text document.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2020-01-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Open-Xchange Appsuite — versions 7.4.2, 7.6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/128257/Open-Xchange-7.6.0-XSS-SSRF-Traversal.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/533443/100/0/threaded (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
software.open-xchange.com/OX6/doc/Release_Notes_for_Patch_Release_2112_7.6.0_20… (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5238?: CVE-2014-5238 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Appsuite, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2014-5238?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.