# CVE-2019-14280: Information disclosure in n/a

> Craft CMS failed to strip EXIF data from uploaded images when configured, exposing personal and geolocation information to the public.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4p62-chh9-5q2v

## What is CVE-2019-14280?

CVE-2019-14280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Craftcms Craft Cms, published on 26 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In some circumstances, Craft 2 before 2.7.10 and 3 before 3.2.6 wasn't stripping EXIF data from user-uploaded images when it was configured to do so, potentially exposing personal/geolocation data to the public.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14280?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Craftcms Craft Cms.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-14280?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-14280 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Craft CMS 2.7.9/3.2.5 - Information Disclosure (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Craftcms Craft Cms

- [CVE-2025-32432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32432/): Craft CMS Code Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-56145](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56145/): Craft CMS Code Injection (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-23209](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23209/): Craft CMS Code Injection (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-35939](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-35939/): Craft CMS External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter (medium 6.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-41892](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41892/): Craft CMS Remote Code Execution vulnerability (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-14280 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-14280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Craftcms Craft Cms, published on 26 Jul 2019. 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-2019-14280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Craftcms Craft Cms. 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-2019-14280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14280/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14280
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14280
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14280

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