PT-2017-8963

CVE-2016-6333

Published

2016-09-16

Updated

2017-08-22

Description by

CVSS 3.1

6.1

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.15 MediaWiki versions 1.26.x prior to 1.26.4 MediaWiki versions 1.27.x prior to 1.27.1

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists in the CSS user subpage preview feature, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the edit box in Special:MyPage/common.css.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.15, update to version 1.23.15 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.26.x prior to 1.26.4, update to version 1.26.4 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.27.x prior to 1.27.1, update to version 1.27.1 or later.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

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Weakness enumeration

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

Related identifiers

CVE-2016-6333

ALT-PU-2017-2095