CVE-2016-6333

MEDIUM

MediaWiki <1.23.15, <1.26.x-<1.26.4, <1.27.x-<1.27.1 - XSS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133147
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98053

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 56.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (7)
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.26.0
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.26.1
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.26.2
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.26.3
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.26.4
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.27.0
mediawiki/mediawiki < 1.23.14
Published Apr 20, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026