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CVE-2014-3497

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3497 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenStack Swift versions 1.11.0 through 1.13.1, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML via the WWW-Authenticate header. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.13.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0208 is in the 66th 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)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: swiftFixed in: 2.0.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-3.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-swiftclient-0:2.1.0-2.el7ost
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-66vj-393f-hxfvmedium

OpenStack Swift Cross-site Scriping vulnerability

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-3497Moderate

openstack-swift: XSS in Swift requests through WWW-Authenticate header

Jun 19, 2014

References

lists.openstack.org / pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-June/000243.html
secunia.com / advisories/59532
review.openstack.org
review.openstack.org
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/10
securityfocus.com / bid/68116
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2256-1