CVE-2014-3966

Debian Security Advisory 2957-1

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 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.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en Special:PasswordReset in MediaWiki anterior a 1.19.16, 1.21.x anterior a 1.21.10 y 1.22.x anterior a 1.22.7, cuando wgRawHtml está habilitado, permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través de un nombre de usuario inválido.

XSS vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.22.7, due to usernames on Special:PasswordReset being parsed as wikitext. The username on Special:PasswordReset can be supplied by anyone and will be parsed with wgRawHtml enabled. Since Special:PasswordReset is whitelisted by default on private wikis, this could potentially lead to an XSS crossing a privilege boundary.

*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

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-06-04 CVE Reserved
2014-06-06 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/58834	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58896	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/15	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67787	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030364	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65501	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-May/000151.html	2017-12-29

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2957	2017-12-29

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"				<= 1.19.15 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " <= 1.19.15"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.0 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.0"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.1"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.2 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.2"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.3 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.3"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.4 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.4"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.5 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.5"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.6 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.6"		-		Affected
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"				1.19.8 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.8"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.9 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.9"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.10 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.10"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.11 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.11"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.12 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.12"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.13 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.13"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.19.14 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.19.14"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.22.0 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.22.0"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.22.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.22.1"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.22.2 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.22.2"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.22.3 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.22.3"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.22.4 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.22.4"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.22.5 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.22.5"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.22.6 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.22.6"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.21 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.21"		-		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
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.21.2 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.21.2"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.21.3 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.21.3"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.21.4 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.21.4"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.21.5 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.21.5"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.21.6 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.21.6"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.21.7 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.21.7"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.21.8 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.21.8"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.21.9 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.21.9"		-		Affected