CVE-2014-1610

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 47.18% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31329/ exploit
http://www.checkpoint.com/threatcloud-central/articles/2014-01-28-tc-researchers-discover.html
http://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2014/cpai-26-jan.html
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60339
http://secunia.com/advisories/57472 third party advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110215/
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2891 vendor advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-January/000140.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029707 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65223 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127942.html vendor advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110069/2/includes/media/Bitmap.php
http://www.osvdb.org/102631 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=14361&action=diff
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=14384&action=diff
http://secunia.com/advisories/56695 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110069/ vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/102630 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127948.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1610?
CVE-2014-1610 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1610?
To fix CVE-2014-1610, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-1610 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1610 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~47% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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