Unscored severity · published Apr 13, 2015
CVE-2015-2941
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…
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CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid parameter in a wddx format request to api.php, which is not properly handled in an error message, related to unsafe calls to wddx_serialize_value.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.19.23; 1.20; 1.20.1; 1.20.2; 1.20.3; 1.20.4; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2941
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2941
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
Patch
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
Exploit
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85851
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
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