CVE-2014-2242

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2242
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-02 04:57:25 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionincludes/upload/UploadBase.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 does not prevent use of invalid namespaces in SVG files, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an SVG upload, as demonstrated by use of a W3C XHTML namespace in conjunction with an IFRAME element.

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: 0.004990000 probability, percentile 0.659710000 (date 2026-05-05)

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.1.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.10.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.10.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.10.0 rc2 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.10.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.10.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.10.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.10.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.11 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.11.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.11.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.11.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.11.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.0 rc2 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.14.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.14.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.14.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.15.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.15.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.15.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.15.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.15.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.15.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.15.5 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.16.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.16.0 beta1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.16.0 beta2 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.16.0 beta3 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.16.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.16.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17 beta_1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18 beta_1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18.0 rc1 All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.18.3 All All All
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 1.19.10 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 1.19.8 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.9 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 1.20.8 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 1.21.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.5 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.22.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1071135 – (CVE-2014-2242) CVE-2014-2242 mediawiki: cross-site scripting flaw when handling SVG images af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.22.3, 1.21.6 and 1.19.12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.wikimedia.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE requests: MediaWiki 1.22.3, 1.21.6 and 1.19.12 release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
MediaWiki CVE-2014-2242 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
⚓ T62771 SVG iframe XSS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE requests: MediaWiki 1.22.3, 1.21.6 and 1.19.12 release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gerrit.wikimedia.org
Gerrit Code Review MITRE gerrit.wikimedia.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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