Unscored severity · published Mar 2, 2014
CVE-2014-2244
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the formatHTML function in includes/api/ApiFormatBase.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x…
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CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the formatHTML function in includes/api/ApiFormatBase.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string located after http:// in the text parameter to api.php.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.19.11; 1.1.0; 1.10.0; 1.10.0; 1.10.0; 1.10.1; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2244
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2244
Patch
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.html
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/1
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/01/2
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65906
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071139
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61362
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