Medium severity · published Jan 27, 2020
CVE-2014-9481
The Scribunto extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to obtain the rollback token and possibly other sensitive information via a crafted module, related to unstripping…
5.9
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Scribunto extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to obtain the rollback token and possibly other sensitive information via a crafted module, related to unstripping special page HTML.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
before 1.19.23; 1.19.24 before 1.22.15; 1.23.0 before 1.23.8; 1.23.9 before 1.24.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9481
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9481
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/21/2
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/13
Patch
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.html
Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73167
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