CVE-2015-8622
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1, when is configured with a relative URL, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1, when is configured with a relative URL, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via wikitext, as demonstrated by a wikilink to a page named "javascript:alert('XSS!')."
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.48% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117899Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117899Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.