Cross-site scripting in MediaWiki - CVE-2014-3966
Published: June 6, 2014 / Updated: December 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41570
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3966
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in Special:PasswordReset in MediaWiki before 1.19.16, 1.21.x before 1.21.10, and 1.22.x before 1.22.7, when wgRawHtml is enabled,. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
MediaWiki
Fedora
mediawiki119
Fedora
mediawiki119
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3966
Install update from vendor's website.
mediawiki119 - addressed in versions 1.19.17-1.el5, 1.19.17-1.el6, 1.19.18-1.el5, 1.19.18-1.el6
External References
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-May/000151.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58896
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2957
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/15
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67787
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030364
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65501