CVE-2014-9276: mediawiki Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-9276 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 04-01-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Special:ExpandedTemplates page in MediaWiki before 1.19.22, 1.20.x through 1.22.x before 1.22.14, and 1.23.x before 1.23.7, when $wgRawHTML is set to true, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with edit permissions for requests that cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the wpInput parameter, which is not properly handled in the preview.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.67%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
51%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.67% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Mediawiki1 product
- mediawiki≤ 1.19.21 | 1.20 | 1.20.1 | 1.20.2 | 1.20.3 | 1.20.4 | 1.20.5 | 1.20.6 | 1.20.7 | 1.20.8 | 1.21 | 1.21.1 | 1.21.2 | 1.21.3 | 1.21.4 | 1.21.5 | 1.21.6 | 1.21.7 | 1.21.8 | 1.21.9 | 1.21.10 | 1.21.11 | 1.22.0 | 1.22.1 | 1.22.2 | 1.22.3 | 1.22.4 | 1.22.5 | 1.22.6 | 1.22.7 | 1.22.8 | 1.22.10 | 1.22.11 | 1.22.12 | 1.22.13 | 1.23.0 | 1.23.1 | 1.23.2 | 1.23.3 | 1.23.4 | 1.23.5 | 1.23.6
1 vendor · 1 product
References
5 links- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73111X Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-November/000170.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchVendor Advisory