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CVE-2014-8960

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8960 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting phpMyAdmin versions 4.1.x before 4.1.14.7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.12. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating a filename within the error-reporting feature. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring authentication, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
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 82nd percentile among its peer group of 1,638 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 0.1 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00017.html
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/9364e2eee5681681caf7205c0933bc18af11e233
Exploit
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201505-03
mandriva.com / security/advisories
phpmyadmin.net / home_page/security/PMASA-2014-15.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/71244