6.1med
CVE-2016-6334
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Parser::replaceInternalLinks2 method in MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.1%
percentile 66%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Parser::replaceInternalLinks2 method 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 vectors involving replacement of percent encoding in unclosed internal links.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.12% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/98057 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- lists.wikimedia.org /pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1369613 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- phabricator.wikimedia.org /T137264 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-6334
- NVD: CVE-2016-6334
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