CVE-2014-2242

N/A Unknown
Published: March 02, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

includes/upload/UploadBase.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 does not prevent use of invalid namespaces in SVG files, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an SVG upload, as demonstrated by use of a W3C XHTML namespace in conjunction with an IFRAME element.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/01/2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65910
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071135
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60771
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/7d923a6b53f7fbcb0cbc3a19797d741bf6f440eb%2Cn%2Cz
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-February/000141.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/01/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65910
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071135
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60771
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/7d923a6b53f7fbcb0cbc3a19797d741bf6f440eb%2Cn%2Cz
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
66th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

mediawiki

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