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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-1610 · published 30 January 2014

CVE-2014-1610: Mediawiki improper input validation vulnerability

Mediawiki · Mediawiki

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.

6.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 43% · top 1.3% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
6.0CVSS 2.0 base score
43%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
38References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-1610), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.