| Vulnerability Name: | CCN-83436 | ||||||
| Published: | 2013-04-15 | ||||||
| Updated: | 2013-04-15 | ||||||
| Summary: | MediaWiki is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the Scribunto profiling report. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted Lua function names to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials. | ||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) 3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
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| Vulnerability Consequences: | Cross-Site Scripting | ||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: SA53054 MediaWiki Two XML External Entities Vulnerabilities Source: CCN Type: GossamerThreads Web site MediaWiki Security Release: 1.20.4 and 1.19.5 Source: CCN Type: BID-59077 MediaWiki Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN mediawikiProfilingReportXss(83436) Source: CCN Type: MediaWiki Web Site MediaWiki | ||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration CCN 1: Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||
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