CVE-2013-2031

Description

MediaWiki before 1.19.6 and 1.20.x before 1.20.5 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated by a CDATA section containing valid UTF-7 encoded sequences in a SVG file, which is then incorrectly interpreted as UTF-8 by Chrome and Firefox.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.79% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105825.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57472 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47304
http://secunia.com/advisories/55433 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2891 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106293.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105784.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59594 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml vendor advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-April/000129.html mailing list patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/01/2 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2031?
CVE-2013-2031 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2031?
To fix CVE-2013-2031, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-2031 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-2031 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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