# CVE-2014-8875: XML external entity in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Revive Adserver via crafted XML-RPC requests exploiting XML Entity Expansion.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Dec 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m425-vhp9-h739

## What is CVE-2014-8875?

CVE-2014-8875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver, published on 19 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The XML_RPC_cd function in lib/pear/XML/RPC.php in Revive Adserver before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted XML-RPC request, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8875?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-8875?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-8875 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver

- [CVE-2016-9124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9124/): Security feature bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-9125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9125/): Auth bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-5830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5830/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-9470](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9470/): Other in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0 (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-50741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50741/): Code injection in Adserver (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-8875 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-8875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver, published on 19 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver. 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-2014-8875/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8875/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8875
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8875
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8875

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8875/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.