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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2014-5266

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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Published 2014-08-18 11:15:27
Updated 2015-11-25 20:39:20
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5266

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 94.72%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 99 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

Metasploit modules for CVE-2014-5266

  • Wordpress XMLRPC DoS
    Disclosure Date : 2014-08-06
    auxiliary/dos/http/wordpress_xmlrpc_dos
    Wordpress XMLRPC parsing is vulnerable to a XML based denial of service. This vulnerability affects Wordpress 3.5 - 3.9.2 (3.8.4 and 3.7.4 are also patched). Authors: - Nir Goldshlager - Christian Mehlmauer <[email protected]>

CVSS scores for CVE-2014-5266

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
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