PT-2015-4236 · Mediawiki+1 · Mediawiki Templatesandbox Extension+1

Schnark · Published 2015-01-16 · Updated 2015-02-21 · CVE-2014-9479

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki TemplateSandbox extension (affected versions not specified)

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists in the preview feature of the TemplateSandbox extension for MediaWiki. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the text parameter to the "Special:TemplateSandbox" endpoint.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1194

CVE-2014-9479

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki Templatesandbox Extension

References · 20

• 🔥 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76195 · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9477 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-1194 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9476 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9479 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9487 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9480 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9479 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9475 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9481 · Security Note
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9478 · Security Note
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T77624 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2014-9479 · Note
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T77028 · Note