CVE-2015-8622

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1, when is configured with a relative URL, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via wikitext, as demonstrated by a wikilink to a page named "javascript:alert('XSS!')."

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/8	Mailing List Third Party Advisory Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/7	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-December/000186.html	Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117899	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.25.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.0:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-03-23 20:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2015-8622

Mitre link : CVE-2015-8622

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8622

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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