Description
The (1) Special:Preferences and (2) Special:UserLogin pages in MediaWiki before 1.19.20, 1.22.x before 1.22.12 and 1.23.x before 1.23.5 allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via crafted CSS, as demonstrated by modifying MediaWiki:Common.css.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70672
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-October/000163.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3046
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/61752
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/67
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70238
Scores
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
46.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (38)
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.19 (3 CPE variants)
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.19.0
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.19.1
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.19.2
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.19.3
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.19.4
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.19.5
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.19.6
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.19.7
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.19.8
... and 28 more
Published
Oct 07, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026