CVE-2014-9487 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting the getid3 library used in MediaWiki versions prior to 1.24.1, 1.23.8, 1.22.15, and 1.19.23. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and potentially achieve other significant impacts. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.