CVE-2014-3966

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-06-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: through 1.19.15; 1.19.0, 1.19.1, 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.19.5 (+26)

References

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-May/000151.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/58834
http://secunia.com/advisories/58896
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2957
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67787
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030364
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65501
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-May/000151.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/58834
http://secunia.com/advisories/58896
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2957

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