PT-2015-4252

CVE-2014-9507

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Published

2014-12-09

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Updated

2015-01-14

Description by

CVSS 2.0
2.6
Low
MetricsAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions 1.21.x through 1.23.x before 1.23.7 MediaWiki version 1.22.x before 1.22.14
Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by setting the content model for a revision to JS when the $wgContentHandlerUseDB variable is enabled.
Recommendations For MediaWiki versions 1.21.x, update to a version after 1.23.7 or apply the necessary configuration changes to disable the $wgContentHandlerUseDB variable. For MediaWiki version 1.22.x before 1.22.14, update to version 1.22.14 or later. For MediaWiki version 1.23.x before 1.23.7, update to version 1.23.7 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\'Cross-site Scripting\')
Related identifiers
CVE-2014-9507
ALT-PU-2014-2433
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