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Unscored CVE-2016-6333 EUVD-2016-7260GHSA-hxwm-9f7g-wg4h

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 1.2…

Published Apr 20, 2017 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 mediawiki 1:1.27.1-1 —
Debian 13 mediawiki 1:1.27.1-1 —
Debian 12 mediawiki 1:1.27.1-1 —

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