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CVE-2014-1610: mediawiki Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 6.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-1610DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1610
Published 30-01-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-1610 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 42.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
43/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
42.78%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3exploit-database, metasploit

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-2891-1MGASA-2014-0113

Timeline

  1. 30-01-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MediaWiki 1.22.x before 1.22.2, 1.21.x before 1.21.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.11, when DjVu or PDF file upload support is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the page parameter to includes/media/DjVu.php; (2) the w parameter (aka width field) to thumb.php, which is not properly handled by includes/media/PdfHandler_body.php; and possibly unspecified vectors in (3) includes/media/Bitmap.php and (4) includes/media/ImageHandler.php.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

42.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 42.78% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
42.78%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • exploit-databaseremotemultipleVerified

    MediaWiki - 'Thumb.php' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databasemultipleVerified

    MediaWiki 1.22.1 PdfHandler - Remote Code Execution

    Maturity: poc

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    MediaWiki Thumb.php Remote Command Execution

    exploit/multi/http/mediawiki_thumb

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1
Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawiki1.19.0 | 1.19.1 | 1.19.2 | 1.19.3 | 1.19.4 | 1.19.5 | 1.19.6 | 1.19.7 | 1.19.8 | 1.19.9 | 1.19.10 | 1.21.1 | 1.21.2 | 1.21.3 | 1.21.4 | 1.22.0 | 1.22.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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