CVE-2013-4305

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201310-21

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in contrib/example.php in the SyntaxHighlight GeSHi extension for MediaWiki, possibly as downloaded before September 2013, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en contrib/example.php de la extensión SyntaxHighlight GeSHi para MediaWiki, posiblemente la descargada antes de septiembre de 2013, permite a atacantes remotos inyectar script web arbitrario o HTML a través de PATH_INFO.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service. Versions less than 1.21.2 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-06-12 CVE Reserved
2013-10-11 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html	Mailing List
http://osvdb.org/96909	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86890	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49070	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553	2017-08-29

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.7 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.7"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.20.6 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.20.6"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.21.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.21.1"		-		Affected