CVE-2015-6731
MediaWiki SemanticForms XSS
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the SemanticForms extension for MediaWiki allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) section_*, (2) template_*, (3) label_*, or (4) new_template parameter to Special:CreateForm or (5) target or (6) alt_form parameter to Special:FormEdit.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 1, 2015, 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE-2015-6731 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334 Added Reference https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html Added Reference https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103391 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76334 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 02, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:semanticforms_project:semanticforms:-:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Changed Reference Type https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html No Types Assigned https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-79 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 02, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-6731 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-6731
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.48 }} -0.06%
score
0.62010
percentile