CVE-2014-5243

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

MediaWiki before 1.19.18, 1.20.x through 1.22.x before 1.22.9, and 1.23.x before 1.23.2 does not enforce an IFRAME protection mechanism for transcluded pages, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: through 1.19.17; 1.19, 1.19-beta_1, 1.19-beta_2, 1.19.0, 1.19.1, 1.19.2 (+43)

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0309.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/14/5
http://secunia.com/advisories/59738
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3011
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:153
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65778
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-July/000157.html
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0309.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/14/5
http://secunia.com/advisories/59738
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3011
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:153

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