{"id":"CVE-2014-6420","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-6420","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:56:45.039Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Livefyre LiveComments 3.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name of an uploaded picture.","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Livefyre LiveComments 3.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name of an uploaded picture.","published":"2019-12-27T21:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:13:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["livefyre/livecomments"],"epss":{"score":0.01765,"percentile":0.77909,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2014-09-20","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":34721,"kind":"exploit","title":"Livefyre LiveComments Plugin - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34721","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/34721.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/34721.txt","published":"2014-09-20","added":"2014-09-20","updated":"2014-09-20","author":"Brij Kishore Mishra","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2014-6420","OSVDB-111744"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128293/Livefyre-LiveComments-3.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96037","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128293/Livefyre-LiveComments-3.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96037","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6420","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}