4.3

CVE-2014-5242: mediawiki Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 22-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-5242 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.07%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2014-0309

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js in MediaWiki 1.22.x before 1.22.9 and 1.23.x before 1.23.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving the multipageimagenavbox class in conjunction with an action=raw value.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.07% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.07%

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
  • mediawiki1.22.0 | 1.22.1 | 1.22.2 | 1.22.3 | 1.22.4 | 1.22.5 | 1.22.6 | 1.22.7 | 1.22.8 | 1.23.0 | 1.23.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

6 links