What is CVE-2014-8937?

CVE-2014-8937 is a high-severity vulnerability in Piwigo Lexiglot, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2014-8937?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Piwigo Lexiglot

CVE-2014-8937

Lexiglot through 2014-11-20 allows denial of service because api/update.php launches svn update operations that use a great deal of resources.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Piwigo Lexiglot

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

www.justanotherhacker.com/2018/05/jahx181_-_piwigo_lexiglot_multiple_vulnerabil… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8937?: CVE-2014-8937 is a high-severity vulnerability in Piwigo Lexiglot, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2014-8937?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.