CVE-2014-2244
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.08% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.htmlPatch, Vendor 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
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/Idf985e4e69c2f11778a8a90503914678441cb3fb%2Cn%2Cz
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.htmlPatch, Vendor 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
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/Idf985e4e69c2f11778a8a90503914678441cb3fb%2Cn%2Cz
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.