Unscored severity · published Apr 29, 2014
CVE-2014-2853
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/actions/InfoAction.php in MediaWiki before 1.21.9 and 1.22.x before 1.22.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web…
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CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/actions/InfoAction.php in MediaWiki before 1.21.9 and 1.22.x before 1.22.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort key in an info action.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.21.8; 1.1.0; 1.2.0; 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 1.2.3; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2853
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2853
lists.wikimedia.org
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-April/000149.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58262
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67068
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030161
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091967
bugzilla.wikimedia.org
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63251
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