Description
MediaWiki before 1.19.6 and 1.20.x before 1.20.5 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated by a CDATA section containing valid UTF-7 encoded sequences in a SVG file, which is then incorrectly interpreted as UTF-8 by Chrome and Firefox.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105784.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105825.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106293.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-April/000129.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55433Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57472
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2891
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/01/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59594
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47304
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105784.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105825.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106293.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-April/000129.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55433Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57472
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2891
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/01/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59594
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47304
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 18, 2013
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified