medium
5
CWE
399
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2014-5265

First published: Mon Aug 18 2014(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
WordPress<=3.9.1
WordPress=3.0
WordPress=3.0.1
WordPress=3.0.2
WordPress=3.0.3
WordPress=3.0.4
WordPress=3.0.5
WordPress=3.0.6
WordPress=3.1
WordPress=3.1.1
WordPress=3.1.2
WordPress=3.1.3
WordPress=3.1.4
WordPress=3.2
WordPress=3.2-beta1
WordPress=3.2.1
WordPress=3.3
WordPress=3.3.1
WordPress=3.3.2
WordPress=3.3.3
WordPress=3.4.0
WordPress=3.4.1
WordPress=3.4.2
WordPress=3.5.0
WordPress=3.5.1
WordPress=3.6
WordPress=3.6.1
WordPress=3.7
WordPress=3.7.1
WordPress=3.8
WordPress=3.8.1
WordPress=3.9.0
Drupal=6.0
Drupal=6.0-beta1
Drupal=6.0-beta2
Drupal=6.0-beta3
Drupal=6.0-beta4
Drupal=6.0-dev
Drupal=6.0-rc1
Drupal=6.0-rc2
Drupal=6.0-rc3
Drupal=6.0-rc4
Drupal=6.1
Drupal=6.2
Drupal=6.3
Drupal=6.4
Drupal=6.5
Drupal=6.6
Drupal=6.7
Drupal=6.8
Drupal=6.9
Drupal=6.10
Drupal=6.11
Drupal=6.12
Drupal=6.13
Drupal=6.14
Drupal=6.15
Drupal=6.16
Drupal=6.17
Drupal=6.18
Drupal=6.19
Drupal=6.20
Drupal=6.21
Drupal=6.22
Drupal=6.23
Drupal=6.24
Drupal=6.25
Drupal=6.26
Drupal=6.27
Drupal=6.28
Drupal=6.29
Drupal=6.30
Drupal=6.31
Drupal=6.32
Drupal=7.0
Drupal=7.0-alpha1
Drupal=7.0-alpha2
Drupal=7.0-alpha3
Drupal=7.0-alpha4
Drupal=7.0-alpha5
Drupal=7.0-alpha6
Drupal=7.0-alpha7
Drupal=7.0-beta1
Drupal=7.0-beta2
Drupal=7.0-beta3
Drupal=7.0-dev
Drupal=7.0-rc1
Drupal=7.0-rc2
Drupal=7.0-rc3
Drupal=7.0-rc4
Drupal=7.1
Drupal=7.2
Drupal=7.3
Drupal=7.4
Drupal=7.5
Drupal=7.6
Drupal=7.7
Drupal=7.8
Drupal=7.9
Drupal=7.10
Drupal=7.11
Drupal=7.12
Drupal=7.13
Drupal=7.14
Drupal=7.15
Drupal=7.16
Drupal=7.17
Drupal=7.18
Drupal=7.19
Drupal=7.20
Drupal=7.21
Drupal=7.22
Drupal=7.23
Drupal=7.24
Drupal=7.25
Drupal=7.26
Drupal=7.27
Drupal=7.28
Drupal=7.29
Drupal=7.30
Drupal=7.x-dev
Debian=7.0

Remedy

https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/

Remedy

https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-004

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2014-5265?

    CVE-2014-5265 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for denial of service attacks.

  • How do I fix CVE-2014-5265?

    To fix CVE-2014-5265, update to WordPress version 3.9.2 or higher or Drupal version 6.33 or 7.31 or higher.

  • Who is affected by CVE-2014-5265?

    CVE-2014-5265 affects WordPress versions prior to 3.9.2 and Drupal versions prior to 6.33 and 7.31.

  • What is the impact of CVE-2014-5265?

    The impact of CVE-2014-5265 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting memory and CPU resources.

  • How does CVE-2014-5265 exploit the XML-RPC library?

    CVE-2014-5265 exploits the XML-RPC library by permitting recursive entity declarations that lead to excessive resource consumption.

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