CVE-2014-5265 XML external entity in n/a

What is CVE-2014-5265?

CVE-2014-5265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5265?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Drupal Drupal, Wordpress Wordpress.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5265?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-5265 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5265 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5265, GHSA-94p2-4f88-99g7, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5265.