PT-2019-6942

CVE-2013-4303

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Published

2013-09-13

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Updated

2019-12-19

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 1.19.x through 1.19.7 MediaWiki versions 1.20.x through 1.20.6 MediaWiki versions 1.21.x through 1.21.1
Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This is achieved via the siprop parameter in a query action to "wiki/api.php". The problem arises when there is an even number of "." (period) characters in a string, which is not properly detected by the MediaWiki API.
Recommendations For MediaWiki versions 1.19.x through 1.19.7, update to version 1.19.8 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.20.x through 1.20.6, update to version 1.20.7 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.21.x through 1.21.1, update to version 1.21.2 or later.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\'Cross-site Scripting\')
Related identifiers
CVE-2013-4303
MGASA-2013-0276
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