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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2019-19910)

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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2019-19910)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/19/2019
Created
01/03/2020
Added
01/03/2020
Modified
01/03/2020

Description

The MinervaNeue Skin in MediaWiki from 2019-11-05 to 2019-12-13 (1.35 and/or 1.34) mishandles certain HTML attributes, as demonstrated by IMG onmouseover= (impact is XSS) and IMG src=http (impact is disclosing the client's IP address). This can occur within a talk page topical header that is viewed within a mobile (MobileFrontend) context.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

References

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