Unscored severity · published Oct 7, 2014
CVE-2014-7295
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…
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CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.19.19; 1.19; 1.19; 1.19; 1.19.0; 1.19.1; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7295
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7295
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/67
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/61752
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3046
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70238
Patch
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70672
lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-October/000163.html
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