# CVE-2014-1399: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass access restrictions on referenced entities in the Drupal Entity API module, potentially exposing unauthorized data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m28p-8cqp-5m23

## What is CVE-2014-1399?

CVE-2014-1399 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 10 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The entity wrapper access API in the Entity API module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.3 for Drupal might allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions on referenced entities via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1399?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Entity Api Project Entity Api, Fedoraproject Fedora.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-1399?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1399 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-1399 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1399 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora

- [CVE-2014-1398](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1398/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2014-1400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1400/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2026-81158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-81158/): Entity API - Moderately critical - Information disclosure - SA-CONTRIB-2026-113 (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2013-7391](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7391/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2013-4273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4273/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-1399 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-1399 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 10 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1399 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1399/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1399/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1399
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1399
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-1399

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1399/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.