Is CVE-2014-8961 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-8961 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8961?

CVE-2014-8961 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-8961

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in the error-reporting feature in phpMyAdmin 4.1.x before 4.1.14.7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.12 allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information about a file's line count via a crafted parameter.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
EPSS score: 2.5% (85th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-8788)
Published: November 30, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8788 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

opensuse / opensuse
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phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00017.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:228(Broken Link)
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-16.php(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71245
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/b99b6b6672ff2419f05b05740c80c7a23c1da994(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-03

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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