What is CVE-2014-5238?

CVE-2014-5238 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-xchange 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 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 docu…

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.019 (77.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Open-xchange Open-xchange_appsuite — versions 7.4.2, 7.6.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5238?: CVE-2014-5238 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-xchange 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.