CVE-2014-9481

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: January 27, 2020 at 03:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsMediaWikiMediawiki

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The Scribunto extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to obtain the rollback token and possibly other sensitive information via a crafted module, related to unstripping special page HTML.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.19.231.19.24 ≤ v < 1.22.151.23.0 ≤ v < 1.23.81.23.9 ≤ v < 1.24.1
Affected range stops below 1.19.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.22.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.23.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.24.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/21/2
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/13
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.html
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73167

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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