CVE-2014-1457
Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.6 improperly generates random nonce values, which makes it...
Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.6 improperly generates random nonce values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by leveraging knowledge of an OWA user name.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.6 improperly generates random nonce values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by leveraging knowledge of an OWA user name.
- Record
CVE-2014-1457- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.6 improperly generates random nonce values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by leveraging knowledge of an OWA user name.
- Record
CVE-2014-1457- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-1533 No score
Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.6 improperly generates random nonce values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by leveraging knowledge of an OWA user name.
- Record
EUVD-2014-1533- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3vh9-8p9q-8wmw
Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.6 improperly generates random nonce values, which makes it...
Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.6 improperly generates random nonce values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by leveraging knowledge of an OWA user name.
- Record
GHSA-3vh9-8p9q-8wmw- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-1457 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Openwebanalytics Open Web Analytics, published March 20, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.13%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.