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CVE-2014-2242

N/A
Published: March 2, 2014 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMediaWiki

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

includes/upload/UploadBase.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 does not prevent use of invalid namespaces in SVG files, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an SVG upload, as demonstrated by use of a W3C XHTML namespace in conjunction with an IFRAME element.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/1
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/01/2
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65910
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071135
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60771
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/7d923a6b53f7fbcb0cbc3a19797d741bf6f440eb%2Cn%2Cz

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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