CVE - CVE-2015-2941

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-2941	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid parameter in a wddx format request to api.php, which is not properly handled in an error message, related to unsafe calls to wddx_serialize_value.
References
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BID:73477 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477 CONFIRM:https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85851 GENTOO:GLSA-201510-05 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 MLIST:[MediaWiki-announce] 20150331 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.24, 1.23.9, and 1.24.2 URL:https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20150331 CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150407 Re: CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150407	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150407)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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