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CVE-2014-1686
MediaWiki 1.18.0 allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via vectors related to thumbnail creation.
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 19% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
MediaWiki 1.18.0 allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via vectors related to thumbnail creation.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- mediawiki-cve20141686-path-disclosure(91847) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125682 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 66141 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20140312 CVE-2014-1686 -- Information disclosure: webserver source path in Mediawiki 1.18.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-1760 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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