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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2013-6451)

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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2013-6451)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/28/2020
Created
02/04/2020
Added
02/03/2020
Modified
05/25/2022

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.19.9 before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified CSS values.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_19_10
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_21_4
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_22_1

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