CVE-2014-9277

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    CVE-2014-9277

    Published: 4 Jan 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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>.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3100, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-November/000170.html, https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73478, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-November/000170.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1031301, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/03/9, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/16

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High