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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2014-2053 json

getID3 is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE)

published 2014-06-04 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5v43-55m5-qr8f , EUVD-2022-2656

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

getID3() before 1.9.8, as used in ownCloud Server before 5.0.15 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

Patch / fix

  • packagist james-heinrich/getid3 1.9.9
  • wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.9.2+dfsg-1
  • php-getid3 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.7-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2053

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-2053 updated cvss 5.0

php-getid3: XML External Entity (XXE) flaw

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist james-heinrich/getid3
<1.9.9
1.9.9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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