CVE-2014-8690

Exponent CMS < 2.1.4, 2.2.x < 2.2.3, 2.3.x < 2.3.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via PATH_INFO or User Profile Fields

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-8690. PoCs published by Mayuresh Dani.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a vulnerability disclosure writeup for CVE-2014-8690, detailing multiple XSS vulnerabilities in Exponent CMS 2.3.1. It includes examples of malicious URLs and descriptions of vulnerable fields but does not contain executable exploit code.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Exponent CMS before 2.1.4 patch 6, 2.2.x before 2.2.3 patch 9, and 2.3.x before 2.3.1 patch 4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO, the (2) src parameter in a none action to index.php, or the (3) "First Name" or (4) "Last Name" field to users/edituser.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Mayuresh Dani · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36059

This is a vulnerability disclosure writeup for CVE-2014-8690, detailing multiple XSS vulnerabilities in Exponent CMS 2.3.1. It includes examples of malicious URLs and descriptions of vulnerable fields but does not contain executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Exponent CMS 2.3.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target web application
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031775
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118263
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118345
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36059
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100877

Scores

EPSS 0.0395
EPSS Percentile 89.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (7)
exponentcms/exponent_cms 2.2.0
exponentcms/exponent_cms 2.2.1
exponentcms/exponent_cms 2.2.2
exponentcms/exponent_cms 2.2.3
exponentcms/exponent_cms 2.3.0
exponentcms/exponent_cms 2.3.1
exponentcms/exponent_cms < 2.1.4
Published Feb 19, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026