What is CVE-2014-8917?

CVE-2014-8917 is a vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-01-28.

Is CVE-2014-8917 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in IBM Financial Transaction Manager

CVE-2014-8917

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in (1) dojox/form/resources/uploader.swf (aka upload.swf), (2) dojox/form/resources/fileuploader.swf (aka fileupload.swf), (3) dojox/av/resources/audio.swf, and (4) dojox/av/resources/video.swf in the IBM Dojo Toolkit, as used in IBM Social Media Analytics 1.3 before IF11 and other products, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2015-01-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Financial Transaction Manager — versions 2.0.0.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.2
IBM Financial Transaction Manager For Check Services — versions 2.1.1.8
IBM Financial Transaction Manager For Corporate Payment Services — versions 2.1.1.0
IBM Social Media Analytics

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

harry-sunhao/Enterprise-Domain-Q-A

References

secunia.com/advisories/62590 (third-party-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99303 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/62837 (third-party-advisory)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1032376 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/72903 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8917?: CVE-2014-8917 is a vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-01-28.
Is CVE-2014-8917 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.