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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 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.

Published

2017-04-20T17:59:00.663

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mediawiki mediawiki ≤ 1.23.14 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.26.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.26.1 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.26.2 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.26.3 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.26.4 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.27.0 Yes
References