CVE-2014-5193 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.8% (pctl 78)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/admin.php in Sphider 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the category parameter. NOTE: the url parameter vector is already covered by CVE-2014-5082.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.83% — more likely to be exploited than 78% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-08-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sphider | sphider |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Sphider Search Engine 1.3.6 - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2014-07-28 |
References
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