CVE-2014-5241 describes a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and information disclosure vulnerability in MediaWiki versions before 1.19.18, 1.20.x through 1.22.x before 1.22.9, and 1.23.x before 1.23.2. The JSONP endpoint in MediaWiki improperly handled long callback values and failed to restrict initial JSONP response bytes, allowing remote attackers to craft malicious OBJECT elements with SWF content. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.19.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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