7.5

CVE-2013-6453: mediawiki Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-6453DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6453
Published 12-05-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-6453 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-2891-1MGASA-2014-0113

Timeline

  1. 12-05-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 does not properly sanitize SVG files, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via invalid XML.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.41% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.19.10+dfsg-1
Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawiki1.22.0 | 1.21 | 1.21.1 | 1.21.2 | 1.21.3 | ≤ 1.19.9 | 1.19 | 1.19:beta_1 | 1.19:beta_2 | 1.19.0 | 1.19.1 | 1.19.2 | 1.19.3 | 1.19.4 | 1.19.5 | 1.19.6 | 1.19.7 | 1.19.8
Ubuntu1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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