CVE-2013-2114

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Published 2013-11-18 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the chunk upload API in MediaWiki 1.19 through 1.19.6 and 1.20.x before 1.20.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2114

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48306

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/55433

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-May/000131.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:1.19.7+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:1.19.7+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:1.19.7+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed1:1.19.7+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:1.19.7+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mediawikimediawiki1.19
mediawikimediawiki1.19.0
mediawikimediawiki1.19.1
mediawikimediawiki1.19.2
mediawikimediawiki1.19.3
mediawikimediawiki1.19.4
mediawikimediawiki1.19.5
mediawikimediawiki1.19.6
mediawikimediawiki1.20.1
mediawikimediawiki1.20.2
mediawikimediawiki1.20.3
mediawikimediawiki1.20.4
mediawikimediawiki1.20.5

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.