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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2014-5266 EUVD-2014-5159GHSA-mqgc-42gw-w5hm

The Incutio XML-RPC (IXR) Library, as used in WordPress before 3.9.2 and Drupal 6.x before 6.33 and 7.x before 7.31, does not limit the num…

Published Aug 18, 2014 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: drupal7 Package: wordpress Package: wordpress Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

The Incutio XML-RPC (IXR) Library, as used in WordPress before 3.9.2 and Drupal 6.x before 6.33 and 7.x before 7.31, does not limit the number of elements in an XML document, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-5265.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 wordpress 3.9.2+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 wordpress 3.9.2+dfsg-1 —
Debian 12 wordpress 3.9.2+dfsg-1 —
Debian 7 drupal7 7.14-2+deb7u6 DSA-2999-1
Debian 7 wordpress 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u4 DSA-3001-1
Debian 6.0 wordpress 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u5 DLA-56-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS wordpress 3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS drupal7 No fix yet —

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

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Advisories 3

References