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CVE-2014-2853: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in includes/actions/InfoAction.php

May 17, 2022 (updated November 1, 2024)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/actions/InfoAction.php in MediaWiki before 1.21.9 and 1.22.x before 1.22.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort key in an info action.

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091967
  • bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63251
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-6h86-9r5g-f2h5
  • github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
  • github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-core/commit/0b695ae09aada343ab59be4a3c9963995a1143b6
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2853
  • www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21
  • www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.22

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.21.9, all versions starting from 1.22.0 before 1.22.6

Fixed versions

  • 1.21.9
  • 1.22.6

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.21.9, 1.22.6 or above.

Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

packagist/mediawiki/core/CVE-2014-2853.yml

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