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CVE-2014-7295

The (1) Special:Preferences and (2) Special:UserLogin pages in MediaWiki before 1.19.20, 1.22.x before 1.22.12 and 1.23.

The (1) Special:Preferences and (2) Special:UserLogin pages in MediaWiki before 1.19.20, 1.22.x before 1.22.12 and 1.23.x before 1.23.5 allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via crafted CSS, as demonstrated by modifying MediaWiki:Common.css.

LOW · CVSS 3.5 EPSS 0.00238
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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<= 1.19.19
mediawikiall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

3.5
LOW · 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:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD07 Oct 2014 · 02:55 PM
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/67
http://secunia.com/advisories/61752
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3046
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70238
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70672Patch
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-October/000163.html
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