Description
The (1) Special:Preferences and (2) Special:UserLogin pages in MediaWiki before 1.19.20, 1.22.x before 1.22.12 and 1.23.x before 1.23.5 allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via crafted CSS, as demonstrated by modifying MediaWiki:Common.css.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 3.5/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/67
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61752
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3046
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70238
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70672Patch
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-October/000163.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/67
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61752
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3046
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70238
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70672Patch
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-October/000163.html
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 7, 2014
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified