MEDIUM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in contrib/example.php in the SyntaxHighlight GeSHi extension for MediaWiki, possibly as downloaded before September 2013, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO
Published Oct 11, 2013
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.50%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in contrib/example.php in the SyntaxHighlight GeSHi extension for MediaWiki, possibly as downloaded before September 2013, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.50% 0.01499
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01499
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.50% (0.01499) | 73.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.50% (0.01499) | 70.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00151) | 33.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00272) | 68.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00272) | 67.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00272) | 62.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/96909 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49070 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86890 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://osvdb.org/96909 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49070 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86890 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Oct 11, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 12, 2013
Link CVE-2013-4305
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a