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medium 6.8

CVE-2014-9104 json

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the XML-RPC API in the Desktop Client in OpenVPN Access Server 1.5.6 and earl…

published 2014-11-26 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8930

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the XML-RPC API in the Desktop Client in OpenVPN Access Server 1.5.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) disconnecting established VPN sessions, (2) connect to arbitrary VPN servers, or (3) create VPN profiles and execute arbitrary commands via crafted API requests.

Exploit prediction

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/76 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sec-consult.com https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20140716-1_OpenVPN_Access_Server_Desktop_Client_Remote_Code_Execution_via_CSRF_v10.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhgysgfvQh8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Sources

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