6.1

CVE-2016-6333: mediawiki Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-6333
Published 20-04-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6333 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.02%
0%100%
Low · -0.17 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2016-0305

Timeline

  1. 20-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CSS user subpage preview feature in MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and 1.27.x before 1.27.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the edit box in Special:MyPage/common.css.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.17 pp

From 1.19% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.02%

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< 1:1.27.1-1
Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawiki≤ 1.23.14 | 1.26.0 | 1.26.1 | 1.26.2 | 1.26.3 | 1.26.4 | 1.27.0

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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