FKIE_CVE-2014-9478
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-01-16 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:18
Severity
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the preview in the ExpandTemplates extension for MediaWiki, when $wgRawHTML is set to true, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the wpInput parameter to the Special:ExpandTemplates page.
References
Impacted products
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