PT-2014-5640 · Wikimedia+1 · Mediawiki+1

Omer Iqbal · Published 2014-06-06 · Updated 2017-12-29 · CVE-2014-3966

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions 1.19.x through 1.19.15 MediaWiki versions 1.21.x through 1.21.9 MediaWiki versions 1.22.x through 1.22.6

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists in the Special:PasswordReset feature of MediaWiki. This occurs when the wgRawHtml option is enabled, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid username.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions 1.19.x through 1.19.15, update to version 1.19.16 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.21.x through 1.21.9, update to version 1.21.10 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.22.x through 1.22.6, update to version 1.22.7 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1960

CVE-2014-3966

DSA-2957-1

MGASA-2014-0253

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

References · 21

• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-May/000151.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3966 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2665 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0253 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3966 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2957 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2853 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3966 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0253.html · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1960 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65501 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58896 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/15 · Note