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.
Published: 2013-11-15
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2891-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2891-2 mediawiki regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2891-3 mediawiki regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-2017 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.509Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-2031

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-11-18T02:55:07.250

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-2031

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