CVE-2013-4567
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-4567 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-12-13 18:07:54 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Sanitizer::checkCss in MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a \b (backspace) character in CSS. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 0.004560000 probability, percentile 0.639490000 (date 2026-04-30)
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19 | beta_1 | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19 | beta_2 | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.21.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.21.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2891-1 mediawiki, mediawiki-extensions | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Mediawiki CSS Tags CVE-2013-4567 HTML Injection Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: mediawiki-1.19.9-1.fc18 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: mediawiki-1.21.3-1.fc19 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| [MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki Security Release: 1.21.3, 1.20.8 and 1.19.9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.wikimedia.org | |
| ⚓ T57332 Sanitizer::checkCss blacklist can be bypassed using vertical tab (ASCII 11) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.wikimedia.org | |
| Security Advisory SA57472 - Debian update for mediawiki and mediawiki-extensions - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.