What is CVE-2014-8944?

CVE-2014-8944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piwigo Lexiglot, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2014-8944?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Piwigo Lexiglot

CVE-2014-8944

Lexiglot through 2014-11-20 allows XSS (Reflected) via the username, or XSS (Stored) via the admin.php?page=config install_name, intro_message, or new_file_content parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Piwigo Lexiglot

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8944?: CVE-2014-8944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piwigo Lexiglot, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2014-8944?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.