CVE-2014-9507

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-01-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

MediaWiki 1.21.x, 1.22.x before 1.22.14, and 1.23.x before 1.23.7, when $wgContentHandlerUseDB is enabled, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by setting the content model for a revision to JS.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: through 1.19.21; 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4, 1.20.5 (+35)

References

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-November/000170.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T72901
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-November/000170.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T72901

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