CVE-2014-9476

high

Description

MediaWiki 1.2x before 1.22.15, 1.23.x before 1.23.8, and 1.24.x before 1.24.1 allows remote attackers to bypass CORS restrictions in $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomains via a domain that has a partial match to an allowed origin, as demonstrated by "http://en.wikipedia.org.evilsite.example/."

References

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/13

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/21/2

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:006

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-16

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High