Medium severity · published Dec 11, 2019
CVE-2019-19708
The VisualEditor extension through 1.34 for MediaWiki allows XSS via pasted content containing an element with a data-ve-clipboard-key attribute
6.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The VisualEditor extension through 1.34 for MediaWiki allows XSS via pasted content containing an element with a data-ve-clipboard-key attribute.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VE
Visual Editor · Mediawiki
through 1.34 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19708
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19708
Exploit
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I1f99458fd2c4f6b2460dfe7a93b330ddee4400b6
Exploit
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239209
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