MEDIUM
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
Published Aug 18, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 24.39%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≤ 3.9.1
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.4
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2.1
- 3.3
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 3.3.3
- 3.4.0
- 3.4.1
- 3.4.2
- 3.5.0
- 3.5.1
- 3.6
- 3.6.1
- 3.7
- 3.7.1
- 3.8
- 3.8.1
- 3.9.0
Configuration 2
OR
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 6.5
- 6.6
- 6.7
- 6.8
- 6.9
- 6.10
- 6.11
- 6.12
- 6.13
- 6.14
- 6.15
- 6.16
- 6.17
- 6.18
- 6.19
- 6.20
- 6.21
- 6.22
- 6.23
- 6.24
- 6.25
- 6.26
- 6.27
- 6.28
- 6.29
- 6.30
- 6.31
- 6.32
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.8
- 7.9
- 7.10
- 7.11
- 7.12
- 7.13
- 7.14
- 7.15
- 7.16
- 7.17
- 7.18
- 7.19
- 7.20
- 7.21
- 7.22
- 7.23
- 7.24
- 7.25
- 7.26
- 7.27
- 7.28
- 7.29
- 7.30
- 7.x-dev
Configuration 3
- 7.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
24.39% 0.24385
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.24385
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 24.39% (0.24385) | 97.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 24.39% (0.24385) | 97.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 76.31% (0.76306) | 98.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 72.76% (0.72764) | 98.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 76.31% (0.76306) | 98.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 72.76% (0.72764) | 98.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 76.31% (0.76306) | 98.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 72.76% (0.72764) | 98.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 77.36% (0.77357) | 98.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 75.39% (0.75387) | 98.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 77.36% (0.77357) | 98.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 75.39% (0.75387) | 98.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 77.36% (0.77357) | 98.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 89.09% (0.89087) | 98.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 92.94% (0.92938) | 99.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 92.86% (0.92860) | 98.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 94.49% (0.94490) | 99.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 23, 2023 | 94.27% (0.94268) | 99.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 94.72% (0.94720) | 98.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.30% (0.95302) | 98.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 40.74% (0.40743) | 98.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 40.74% (0.40743) | 97.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/diff/includes/xmlrpc.inc?id=1849830 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/diff/modules/openid/xrds.inc?id=1849830 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2999 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29404 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-004 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/diff/includes/xmlrpc.inc?id=1849830 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/diff/modules/openid/xrds.inc?id=1849830 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2999 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3001 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/29404 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-004 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 18, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 15, 2014
Link CVE-2014-5266
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a