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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-2966 · published 26 July 2014

CVE-2014-2966: Caucho resin improper input validation vulnerability

Caucho · Resin

The ISO-8859-1 encoder in Resin Pro before 4.0.40 does not properly perform Unicode transformations, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended text restrictions via crafted characters, as demonstrated by bypassing an XSS protection mechanism.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% · top 24.2% CWE-20 · Improper input validationCWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The ISO-8859-1 encoder in Resin Pro before 4.0.40 does not properly perform Unicode transformations, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended text restrictions via crafted characters, as demonstrated by bypassing an XSS protection mechanism.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://caucho.com/products/resin/download#download Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162308 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://caucho.com/products/resin/download#download Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162308 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-2966), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.