CVE-2014-9714 json
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WddxPacket::recursiveAddVar function in HHVM (aka the HipHop Virtual Machine) before 3.5.0…
published 2015-04-13 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9521
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.1%
- EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WddxPacket::recursiveAddVar function in HHVM (aka the HipHop Virtual Machine) before 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string to the wddx_serialize_value function.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2014-9714 updated cvss 4.3
mediawiki: mediawiki: security issues fixed in the 1.24.2, 1.23.9, and 1.19.24 releases
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- phabricator.wikimedia.org https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85851 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- github.com /facebook/hhvm/commit/324701c9fd31beb4f070f1b7ef78b115fbdfec34
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phabricator.wikimedia.org
/T85851
exploit, vendor-advisory
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lists.wikimedia.org
/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
mailing-list, vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/74061
vdb-entry
- github.com /facebook/hhvm/issues/4283
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
mailing-list
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
mailing-list
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2014-9714
- NVD CVE-2014-9714
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