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CVE-2014-2244

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the formatHTML function in includes/api/ApiFormatBase.php in MediaWiki befor

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the formatHTML function in includes/api/ApiFormatBase.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string located after http:// in the text parameter to api.php.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00456
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
mediawiki<= 1.19.11
mediawikiall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD02 Mar 2014 · 04:57 AM
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/01/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65906
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071139
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61362Vendor Advisory
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