CVE-2015-2941
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-2941 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2015-04-13 14:59:14 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| Description | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid parameter in a wddx format request to api.php, which is not properly handled in an error message, related to unsafe calls to wddx_serialize_value. |
Risk And Classification
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 | 1.20 | 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 | 1.21.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.21.11 | 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 | 1.21.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.21.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.21.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.21.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.22.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.23.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.23.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.23.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.23.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.23.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.23.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.23.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.23.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.23.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.24.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.24.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201510-05) — Gentoo Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| oss-security - CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| [MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.24, 1.23.9, and 1.24.2 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.wikimedia.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| ⚓ T85851 Reflected XSS in api.php using wddx formatting | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | phabricator.wikimedia.org | Exploit |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
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