CVE-2014-2861 Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted string, as demonstrated...

MediumCVSS 4.3 EPSS 2.1%

Published: 2014-04-16 02:00
Updated: 2026-06-17 03:07
Exploit status: No public exploit known

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted string, as demonstrated by bypassing a protection mechanism that removes only the "alert" string.

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
paperthin commonspot content server	<= 7.0.1	No fix listed
paperthin commonspot content server	= 8.0.0	No fix listed
paperthin commonspot content server	= 8.0.1	No fix listed
paperthin commonspot content server	= 8.0.2	No fix listed

References

VU#437385 third-party-advisory us-government-resource

CVSS v2.0

4.3 Medium

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

Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Partial
Availability: None

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 2.15% (percentile 82.4)
CWE: Not classified

Public exploit references

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No public exploit references known.