CVE-2014-9253

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9253
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-17 18:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe default file type whitelist configuration in conf/mime.conf in the Media Manager in DokuWiki before 2014-09-29b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an SWF file, then accessing it via the media parameter to lib/exe/fetch.php.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dokuwiki Dokuwiki All All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-sec: Re: CVE request: XSS flaw fixed in dokuwiki 2014-09-29b af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
DokuWiki 2014-09-29a XSS · security.szurek.pl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.szurek.pl Third Party Advisory
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0540 - Updated docuwiki package fixes CVE-2014-9253 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
disable flash uploading by default · splitbrain/dokuwiki@778ddf6 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
DokuWiki 'conf/mime.conf' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Not Applicable
DokuWiki SWF File Upload Flaw Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
changes [DokuWiki] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dokuwiki.org Release Notes
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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