What is CVE-2014-8957?

CVE-2014-8957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openkm, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2014-8957?

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

XSS in Openkm

CVE-2014-8957

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenKM before 6.4.19 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Tasks parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (68.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Openkm

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/73012 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/130723/OpenKM-Stored-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8957?: CVE-2014-8957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openkm, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2014-8957?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.