CVE-2014-8762

The ajax_mediadiff function in DokuWiki before 2014-05-05a allows remote attackers to access arbitrary images via a crafted namespace in the ns parameter.

Published: 2014-10-22 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-8762 is rated Moderate Risk (43.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.61%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8762

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.84% 0.61% -0.23%
2 2025-03-29 0.61% 0.84% +0.23%
3 2025-03-17 0.61%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8762

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8762

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8762

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-8762 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dokuwiki), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8762
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8762 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dokuwiki), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 8, not-affected 4, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8762

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8762

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dokuwiki dokuwiki <= 2013-12-08 cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8762

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