Description
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 does not properly handle when the Zend interpreter xml_parse function does not expand entities, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted SVG file.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88310
Scores
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
51.5%
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (49)
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.20
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.20.1
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.20.2
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.20.3
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.20.4
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.20.5
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.20.6
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.20.7
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.20.8
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.21
... and 39 more
Published
Apr 13, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026