6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-14807
Wikimedia MobileFrontend Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

In the MobileFrontend extension 1.31 through 1.33 for MediaWiki, XSS exists within the edit summary field in includes/specials/MobileSpecialPageFeed.php.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 9, 2019, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 25, 2019, 2:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-14807 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mediawiki mediawiki
2 Mediawiki mobilefrontend
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-2019-14807.

URL Resource
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend/+/08dfc59771d0ed9b739a59bb521baf7f59d169f9 Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229541 Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-14807 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.31.0 up to (including) 1.33.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mobilefrontend:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* versions from (including) 1.31.0 up to (including) 1.33.0
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    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://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend/+/08dfc59771d0ed9b739a59bb521baf7f59d169f9 No Types Assigned https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend/+/08dfc59771d0ed9b739a59bb521baf7f59d169f9 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229541 No Types Assigned https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229541 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.31.0 up to (including) 1.33.0
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} 0.00%

score

0.27137

percentile

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