CVE-2016-6333

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CSS user subpage preview feature in MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and 1.27.x before 1.27.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the edit box in Special:MyPage/common.css.

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.securityfocus.com/bid/98053
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613	Issue Tracking
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133147	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-04-20 17:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2016-6333

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6333

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6333

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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