XSS in MediaWiki

CVE-2014-3966

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.021 (79.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Mediawiki — versions 1.19.0, 1.19.1, 1.19.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References