CVE-2014-2853 — Cross-site Scripting in Core

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting6 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 36.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mediawiki CoreMediawikiDebian Mediawiki
Timeline
PublishedApr 29
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/actions/InfoAction.php in MediaWiki before 1.21.9 and 1.22.x before 1.22.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort key in an info action.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Packagistmediawiki/core1.22.0 — 1.22.6+1
▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.21.8+161

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in includes/actions/InfoAction.php↗2022-05-17
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OSV
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in includes/actions/InfoAction.php↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2014-2853: mediawiki - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/actions/InfoAction.php in M...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-2853 mediawiki: XSS in action=info [fedora-all]↗2014-04-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-2853 mediawiki: XSS in action=info↗2014-04-28
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CVE-2014-2853 — Cross-site Scripting in Mediawiki Core | cvebase