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CVE-2014-1610

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...

6.0 MediumPublic exploitFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

42.8%Down 24.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.0

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.

Record
CVE-2014-1610
CVSS 2.0
6.0 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2014-1610
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-1685 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2014-1685
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-88m3-jgcp-453j No score

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...

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.

Record
GHSA-88m3-jgcp-453j
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2014-1610
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-1610 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1610
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2014-0113 No score

Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities

MediaWiki user Michael M reported that the fix for CVE-2013-4568 allowed insertion of escaped CSS values which could pass the CSS validation checks, resulting in XSS (CVE-2013-6451).

Chris from RationalWiki reported that SVG files could be uploaded that include external stylesheets, which could lead to XSS when an XSL was used to include JavaScript (CVE-2013-6452).

During internal review, it was discovered that MediaWiki's SVG sanitization could be bypassed when the XML was considered invalid (CVE-2013-6453).

During internal review, it was discovered that MediaWiki displayed some information about deleted pages in the log API, enhanced RecentChanges, and user watchlists (CVE-2013-6472).

Netanel Rubin from Check Point discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in MediaWiki's thumbnail generation for DjVu files. Internal review also discovered similar logic in the PdfHandler extension, which could be exploited in a similar way (CVE-2014-1610).

MediaWiki has been updated to version 1.22.2, which fixes these issues, as well as several others.

Also, the mediawiki-ldapauthentication and mediawiki-math extensions have been updated to newer versions that are compatible with MediaWiki 1.22.

Additionally, the mediawiki-graphviz extension has been obsoleted, due to the fact that it is unmaintained upstream and is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.

Note: if you were using the "instances" feature in these packages to support multiple wiki instances, this feature has now been removed. You will need to maintain separate wiki instances manually.

Record
MGASA-2014-0113
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-1610 No score

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1610
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mediawiki
Debian:12
before 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1
1:1.19.11+dfsg-1
mediawiki
Debian:13
before 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1
1:1.19.11+dfsg-1
mediawiki
Debian:14
before 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1
1:1.19.11+dfsg-1
mediawiki
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1:1.19.14+dfsg-0+deb7u1, plus listed versions
1:1.19.10+dfsg-11:1.19.11+dfsg-0+deb7u11:1.19.11+dfsg-11:1.19.12+dfsg-11:1.19.13+dfsg-1
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1:1.19.5-11:1.19.5-1+deb7u11:1.19.6-11:1.19.7+dfsg-11:1.19.7+dfsg-1.11:1.19.8+dfsg-11:1.19.8+dfsg-21:1.19.8+dfsg-2.11:1.19.8+dfsg-2.21:1.19.9+dfsg-11:1.19.9+dfsg-2
1:1.19.14+dfsg-0+deb7u1
mediawiki-extensions
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 3.5~deb7u1, plus listed versions
2.113.03.13.23.3
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3.43~exp13~exp23~exp3
3.5~deb7u1
mediawiki
Mageia:3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.22.2-1.1.mga3
1.22.2-1.1.mga3
mediawiki-ldapauthentication
Mageia:3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.0f-1.1.mga3
2.0f-1.1.mga3
mediawiki-math
Mageia:3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1-1.1.mga3
1.1-1.1.mga3
mediawiki
Mageia:4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.22.2-1.1.mga4
1.22.2-1.1.mga4
mediawiki-ldapauthentication
Mageia:4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.0f-1.1.mga4
2.0f-1.1.mga4
mediawiki-math
Mageia:4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1-1.1.mga4
1.1-1.1.mga4

Public exploits

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History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, exploits, facts
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2014-1610 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Mediawiki, published January 30, 2014. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.8%, the 98th percentile. Fixed in mediawiki 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1.

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