CVE-2014-3966 (GCVE-0-2014-3966)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-06 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:57
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Special:PasswordReset in MediaWiki before 1.19.16, 1.21.x before 1.21.10, and 1.22.x before 1.22.7, when wgRawHtml is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid username.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030364 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65501 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-an… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2957 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67787 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/58834 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2014-05-19 00:00
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