vulnerability
MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2015-8622)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Mar 23, 2017 | Aug 24, 2017 | May 13, 2022 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 23, 2017
Added
Aug 24, 2017
Modified
May 13, 2022
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1, when is configured with a relative URL, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via wikitext, as demonstrated by a wikilink to a page named "javascript:alert('XSS!')."
Solution
mediawiki-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2015-8622
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8622
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7
- URL-https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html
- URL-https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117899
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