Vulnerability in Drupal
CVE-2014-5266
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, does not limit the number of elements in an XML document, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-5265.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.244 (97.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.244 · newest: 0.244 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Drupal — versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
- WordPress — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001 (vendor-advisory)
- wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-004 (Vendor Advisory)
- cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/diff/includes/xmlrpc.inc
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2999 (vendor-advisory)
- cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/diff/modules/openid/xrds.inc
- core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29404
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-5266?
- CVE-2014-5266 is a vulnerability in Drupal, classified under CWE-399. Published 2014-08-18.
- Is CVE-2014-5266 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.