CVE-2014-1610

Summary

CVECVE-2014-1610
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-30 23:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMediaWiki 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.480410000 probability, percentile 0.977400000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.10 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.5 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.6 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.7 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.8 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.9 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.wikimedia.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: mediawiki-1.21.5-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: mediawiki-1.21.5-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2891-1 mediawiki, mediawiki-extensions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gerrit.wikimedia.org
MediaWiki 1.22.1 PdfHandler - Remote Code Execution Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
MediaWiki Input Validation Flaws Let Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Shell Commands - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
THREATCLOUD INTELLIGENCE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.checkpoint.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.wikimedia.org
Security Advisory SA56695 - MediaWiki Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gerrit.wikimedia.org
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gerrit.wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory
MediaWiki Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/102630 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Check Point - Security Appliances, Security Gateways, Security Management, Endpoint Security, and Software Blades af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.checkpoint.com
Security Advisory SA57472 - Debian update for mediawiki and mediawiki-extensions - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
⚓ T62339 Reported RCE in djvu thumbnailing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.wikimedia.org
[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki Security Releases: 1.22.2, 1.21.5 and 1.19.11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/102631 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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