CVE-2014-9478

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the preview in the ExpandTemplates extension for MediaWiki, when $wgRawHTML

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the preview in the ExpandTemplates extension for MediaWiki, when $wgRawHTML is set to true, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the wpInput parameter to the Special:ExpandTemplates page.

LOW · CVSS 2.6 EPSS 0.00255

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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

mediawiki<= 1.19.22

mediawikiall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

pocphabricator.wikimedia.org · T73111phabricator.wikimedia.org

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Scoring & Timeline

2.6

LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@debian.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Published to NVD16 Jan 2015 · 04:59 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/21/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/13

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.htmlVendor Advisory

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