MGASA-2014-0253

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    MGASA-2014-0253

    Published: 6 Jun 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3966

    Summary: Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: XSS vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.22.7, due to usernames on Special:PasswordReset being parsed as wikitext. The username on Special:PasswordReset can be supplied by anyone and will be parsed with wgRawHtml enabled. Since Special:PasswordReset is whitelisted by default on private wikis, this could potentially lead to an XSS crossing a privilege boundary (CVE-2014-3966).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0253.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13477, https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65501, http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-May/000151.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/15

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mediawiki

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/mediawiki?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.22.7-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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