When was CVE-2014-2856 disclosed?

CVE-2014-2856 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 18, 2014, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2014-2856 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-2856 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 77.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2014-2856?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2014-2856, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2014-2856

NONENVD 0.0

0.0

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scheduler/client.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL path, related to the is_path_absolute function.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 77.6%
KEV: Not listed

References (20)

cve@mitrehttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0193.html
cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/57880
cve@mitrehttp://www.cups.org/documentation.php/relnotes.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.cups.org/str.php?L4356
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108
cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/2
cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/3
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66788
cve@mitrehttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2172-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0193.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/57880
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/relnotes.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4356

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