CVE-2014-9430 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in httpd/cgi-bin/vpn.cgi/vpnconfig.dat in Smoothwall Express 3.0 SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the COMMENT parameter in an Add action

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in httpd/cgi-bin/vpn.cgi/vpnconfig.dat in Smoothwall Express 3.0 SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the COMMENT parameter in an Add action

Published Dec 31, 2014

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.43%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in httpd/cgi-bin/vpn.cgi/vpnconfig.dat in Smoothwall Express 3.0 SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the COMMENT parameter in an Add action.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.43% 0.01427

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

EPSS probability 0.01427

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.43% (0.01427)	72.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.43% (0.01427)	69.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.32% (0.00318)	52.63th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.15% (0.00155)	53.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.15% (0.00155)	51.97th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.15% (0.00155)	49.96th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (2)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129698/SmoothWall-3.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99404
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129698/SmoothWall-3.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99404		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 31, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Dec 31, 2014

Link CVE-2014-9430

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-9430

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-9430