CVE-2014-7199 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2014-7199?

CVE-2014-7199 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 30 Sep 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.19, 1.22.x before 1.22.11, and 1.23.x before 1.23.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted SVG file.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7199?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7199?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2014-7199 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Mediawiki Mediawiki vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7199, DSA-3036-1, GHSA-5h2x-38g7-phqv.