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CVE-2014-9276

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Special:ExpandedTemplates...

Medium CVSS 5.1

Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Special:ExpandedTemplates page in MediaWiki before 1.19.22, 1.20.x through 1.22.x before 1.22.14, and 1.23.x before 1.23.7, when $wgRawHTML is set to true, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with edit permissions for requests that cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the wpInput parameter, which is not properly handled in the preview.

CWE: CWE-352 Published: 2015-01-04T21:59:01.353
Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟡 MEDIUM.

  • CVSS: 5.1 (MEDIUM)
  • Detected tags: none (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

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