# CVE-2014-9276: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Attackers can hijack sessions of users with edit permissions to inject XSS via CSRF in MediaWiki when raw HTML is enabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 4 Jan 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4rrq-7p7h-pfq3

## What is CVE-2014-9276?

CVE-2014-9276 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 4 Jan 2015. 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 request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Special:ExpandedTemplates page in MediaWiki before 1.19.22, 1.20.x through 1.22.x before 1.22.14, and 1.23.x before 1.23.7, when $wgRawHTML is set to true, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with edit permissions for requests that cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the wpInput parameter, which is not properly handled in the preview.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9276?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mediawiki Mediawiki.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-9276?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-9276 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9276 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9276 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-9276 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 4 Jan 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9276 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mediawiki Mediawiki. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9276/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9276/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9276
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9276
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9276

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9276/
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