Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-2021

Title: Vbulletin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2014-2021

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Oct 25, 2014
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 3.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.39%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-2021: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admincp/apilog.php in vBulletin 4.2.2 and earlier, and 5.0.x through 5.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted XMLRPC API request, as demonstrated using the client name.

Impacted Vendors

J
jelsoft 1
V
vbulletin 1

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128691/vBulletin-5.x-4.x-Persistent-Cross-Site-Scripting.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/55 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/63 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70577 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031000 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97026 https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2014-2021 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128691/vBulletin-5.x-4.x-Persistent-Cross-Site-Scripting.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/55 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/63 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70577 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031000 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97026 https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2014-2021
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-2021 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40114
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.