CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-9487

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Oct 17, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The getid3 library in MediaWiki before 1.24.1, 1.23.8, 1.22.15 and 1.19.23 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack. NOTE: Related to CVE-2014-2053.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19 (including) 1.19 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19-beta_1 (including) 1.19-beta_1 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19-beta_2 (including) 1.19-beta_2 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.0 (including) 1.19.0 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.1 (including) 1.19.1 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.2 (including) 1.19.2 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.3 (including) 1.19.3 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.4 (including) 1.19.4 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.5 (including) 1.19.5 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.6 (including) 1.19.6 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.7 (including) 1.19.7 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.8 (including) 1.19.8 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.9 (including) 1.19.9 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.10 (including) 1.19.10 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.11 (including) 1.19.11 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.12 (including) 1.19.12 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.13 (including) 1.19.13 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.14 (including) 1.19.14 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.15 (including) 1.19.15 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.16 (including) 1.19.16 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.17 (including) 1.19.17 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.18 (including) 1.19.18 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.19 (including) 1.19.19 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.20 (including) 1.19.20 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.21 (including) 1.19.21 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.22 (including) 1.19.22 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References