CVE-2015-6737 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Widgets extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving base64 encoded content.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Widgets Project	Widgets

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:widgets_project:widgets:-:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76858
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-09-01T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.472Z

Reserved: 2015-08-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-6737

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-09-01T14:59:15.777

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-6737

Redhat

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