Unscored severity · published Aug 18, 2014
CVE-2014-5265
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, permits entity declarations without considering recursion…
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CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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, permits entity declarations without considering recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DR
Drupal · Drupal
6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; +34 more · source: NVD
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 3.9.1; 3.0; 3.0.1; 3.0.2; 3.0.3; 3.0.4; +26 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5265
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5265
cgit.drupalcode.org
http://cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/diff/includes/xmlrpc.inc?id=1849830
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2999
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001
core.trac.wordpress.org
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29404
Patch
https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
Patch
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-004
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