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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-5144

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Telescope before 0.9.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted markdown.

EXPLOITMEDIUM 5.4EPSS 1.99%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Telescope before 0.9.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted markdown.

CVSS 3.0
5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.99% probability · 81th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 21 March 2015
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
telescopeapp/telescope
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.99%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-36463source ↗Telescope 0.9.2 - Markdown Persistent Cross-Site Scriptingphp · shubswebapps21 March 2015no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.