CVE-2016-6333 (GCVE-0-2016-6333)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-20 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CSS user subpage preview feature 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 the edit box in Special:MyPage/common.css.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-08-23 00:00
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