CVE-2014-5266
EPSS 76.3%
Description
The Incutio XML-RPC (IXR) Library, as used in WordPress before 3.9.2 and Drupal 6.x before 6.33 and 7.x before 7.31, does not limit the number of elements in an XML document, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-5265.
How to fix CVE-2014-5266
To remediate CVE-2014-5266, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 3.9.2+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-5266 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 76.3%, placing CVE-2014-5266 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.9.2+dfsg-1