CVE-2014-9277
The wfMangleFlashPolicy function in OutputHandler.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.22, 1.20.x through 1.22.x before 1.22.14, and 1.23.x before…
- 7.5HighCVSS 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
The wfMangleFlashPolicy function in OutputHandler.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.22, 1.20.x through 1.22.x before 1.22.14, and 1.23.x before 1.23.7 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks via a crafted string containing <cross-domain-policy> in a PHP format request, which causes the string length to change when converting the request to <NOT-cross-domain-policy>.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 31 days later
· 31 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 1031301 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73478 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141203 MediaWiki security release - 1.23.7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141204 Re: MediaWiki security release - 1.23.7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3100 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20141127 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.23.7, 1.22.14 and 1.19.22 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2014-9102 (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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