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CVE-2014-2242

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Date: March 1, 2014

includes/upload/UploadBase.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 does not prevent use of invalid namespaces in SVG files, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an SVG upload, as demonstrated by use of a W3C XHTML namespace in conjunction with an IFRAME element.

Language: PHP

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Related Resources (5)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/1
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2242
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071135
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2242
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-2242

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-79

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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