CVE-2015-2939 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Scribunto extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a function name, which is not properly handled in a Lua error backtrace.

Published: 2015-04-13

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:scribunto:-:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-3024	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Scribunto extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a function name, which is not properly handled in a Lua error backtrace.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02108.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85113
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05

History

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Subscriptions

Mediawiki Scribunto

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-04-13T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:32:20.621Z

Reserved: 2015-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2939

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-04-13T14:59:12.380

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:25:00.370

Link: CVE-2015-2939

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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