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CVE-2014-2856

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2856 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) before version 1.7.2, specifically within the scheduler/client.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the URL path due to an issue with the is_path_absolute function. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure or defacement, but it does not impact availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0164 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: cups-1:1.4.2-67.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: cups-1:1.6.3-17.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-2856Moderate

cups: cross-site scripting flaw fixed in the 1.7.2 release

Jan 30, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0193.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
secunia.com / advisories/57880
Vendor Advisory
cups.org / documentation.php/relnotes.html
cups.org / str.php
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/3
securityfocus.com / bid/66788
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2172-1