Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2014-3230

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3230 describes a vulnerability in the libwww-perl LWP::Protocol::https module (versions 6.04-6.06) that allows attackers to disable server certificate validation. This flaw occurs when IO::Socket::SSL is used as the SSL socket class and is triggered by manipulating the HTTPS_CA_DIR or HTTPS_CA_FILE environment variables. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on integrity, but requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.04, <= 6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lwp\:\:protocol\:\:https_project:lwp\:\:protocol\:\:https:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: perl-libwww-perl

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3230Moderate

perl-libwww-perl: incorrect handling of SSL certificate verification

May 1, 2014

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / libwww-perl/lwp-protocol-https/pull/14
Broken Link
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/05/02/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/05/04/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory