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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2013-1951)

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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2013-1951)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/31/2019
Created
12/04/2019
Added
12/03/2019
Modified
05/25/2022

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.5 and 1.20.x before 1.20.4 and allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Lua function names.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_19_5
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_20_4

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