CVE-2014-2595
Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) 7.8.1.013 allows remote attackers to bypass...
Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) 7.8.1.013 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging a permanent authentication token obtained from a query string.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) 7.8.1.013 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging a permanent authentication token obtained from a query string.
- Record
CVE-2014-2595- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) 7.8.1.013 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging a permanent authentication token obtained from a query string.
- Record
CVE-2014-2595- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-2627 No score
Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) 7.8.1.013 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging a permanent authentication token obtained from a query string.
- Record
EUVD-2014-2627- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vwhp-8jh2-q93m
Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) 7.8.1.013 allows remote attackers to bypass...
Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) 7.8.1.013 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging a permanent authentication token obtained from a query string.
- Record
GHSA-vwhp-8jh2-q93m- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Barracuda Web Application Firewall - Authentication Bypass | 2014-08-04 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-2595 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Barracuda Web Application Firewall, published February 12, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.9%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
packetstormsecurity.com/files/127740/Barracuda-WAF-Authentication-Bypass.html
portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2595
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/5
osvdb.org/109782
vulners.com/securityvulns/SECURITYVULNS:DOC:31004
securityfocus.com/bid/69028
exploit-db.com/exploits/39278
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2595
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwhp-8jh2-q93m