4.3

CVE-2013-4305: mediawiki Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 11-10-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4305 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 11-10-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in contrib/example.php in the SyntaxHighlight GeSHi extension for MediaWiki, possibly as downloaded before September 2013, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.50% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.50%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.wikimedia.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mediawiki1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

5 links