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title: "CVE-2014-1980\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1980?format=md
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# CVE-2014-1980

Publication date 14 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in
include/functions\_metadata.inc.php in Piwigo before 2.4.6 allows remote
attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Make field in IPTC
Exif metadata within an image uploaded to the Community plugin.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| piwigo | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1980?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| piwigo | * Upstream:   <http://piwigo.org/dev/changeset/19418> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1980)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1980)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1980)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1980)

### Other references

* <http://piwigo.org/bugs/view.php?id=2805>
* <http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000092>
* <http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN80310172/index.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1980>