Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-MEDIAWIKI-370195
  • published13 Apr 2015
  • disclosed13 Apr 2015

Introduced: 13 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-2941  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 mediawiki to version 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid parameter in a wddx format request to api.php, which is not properly handled in an error message, related to unsafe calls to wddx_serialize_value.

CVSS Scores

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