PT-2015-4237 · Mediawiki+1 · Mediawiki Hovercards Extension+1

Quiddity · Published 2015-01-16 · Updated 2015-02-21 · CVE-2014-9480

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 Hovercards extension (affected versions not specified)

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is related to text extracts in the Hovercards extension for MediaWiki.

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-2014-9480

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki Hovercards Extension

References · 20

• 🔥 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T69180 · 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
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9480 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9476 · 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-2014-9480 · Note
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T77028 · Note