CVE-2016-6334
MediaWiki XSS Incorporating Unclosed Internal Link Replacement
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Parser::replaceInternalLinks2 method 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 vectors involving replacement of percent encoding in unclosed internal links.
INFO
Published Date :
April 20, 2017, 5:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:55 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-6334.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98057 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613 | Issue Tracking |
| https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html | Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137264 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98057 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613 | Issue Tracking |
| https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html | Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137264 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-6334 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-6334 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
-
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98057 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613 Added Reference https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html Added Reference https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137264 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98057 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 24, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html No Types Assigned https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137264 No Types Assigned https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137264 Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-79 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.23.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-6334 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-6334
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.20 }} -0.11%
score
0.39762
percentile