What is CVE-2014-8938?

CVE-2014-8938 is a high-severity vulnerability in Piwigo Lexiglot, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2014-8938?

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

Vulnerability in Piwigo Lexiglot

CVE-2014-8938

Lexiglot through 2014-11-20 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing a process because the username and password are on the command line.

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

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Piwigo Lexiglot

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8938?: CVE-2014-8938 is a high-severity vulnerability in Piwigo Lexiglot, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2014-8938?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.