CVE-2014-8778 — Checkmarx CxSAST (formerly CxSuite) before 7.1.8 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the CxQL sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary C# code by asserting the (1) System.Security.Permissions.PermissionState.Unrestricted or (2) System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermissionFlag.AllFlags permission

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HIGH

Checkmarx CxSAST (formerly CxSuite) before 7.1.8 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the CxQL sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary C# code by asserting the (1) System.Security.Permissions.PermissionState.Unrestricted or (2) System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermissionFlag.AllFlags permission

Published Sep 16, 2015

9.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.32%

Description

Checkmarx CxSAST (formerly CxSuite) before 7.1.8 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the CxQL sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary C# code by asserting the (1) System.Security.Permissions.PermissionState.Unrestricted or (2) System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermissionFlag.AllFlags permission.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.32% 0.03317

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03317

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.32% (0.03317)	88.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.32% (0.03317)	86.95th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.22% (0.00225)	43.14th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.44% (0.00440)	75.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 6, 2024	0.44% (0.00440)	75.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.62% (0.00624)	78.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 9, 2023	0.62% (0.00624)	76.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.88% (0.00884)	80.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.06% (0.01061)	52.82th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 19, 2022	1.06% (0.01061)	51.19th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.06% (0.01061)	49.19th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.06% (0.01061)	28.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (3)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133437/Checkmarx-CxQL-7.1.5-Sandbox-Bypass.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/17
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536387/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133437/Checkmarx-CxQL-7.1.5-Sandbox-Bypass.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/17		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536387/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 16, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Nov 13, 2014

Link CVE-2014-8778

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-8778

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-8778