What is CVE-2014-8597?

CVE-2014-8597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Php-Fusion Phpfusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-17.

How severe is CVE-2014-8597?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Php-Fusion Phpfusion

CVE-2014-8597

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP-Fusion 7.02.07 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the status parameter in the CMS admin panel.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-02-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.3% 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

Php-Fusion Phpfusion — versions 7.02.07

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.xlabs.com.br/blog/cve-2014-8597-php-fusion-xss-injection-reflected/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8597?: CVE-2014-8597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Php-Fusion Phpfusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2014-8597?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.