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includes/upload/UploadBase.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 does not prevent use of invalid namespaces in SVG files, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an SVG upload, as demonstrated by use of a W3C XHTML namespace in conjunction with an IFRAME element

Published Mar 2, 2014

Description

includes/upload/UploadBase.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.12, 1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.6, and 1.22.x before 1.22.3 does not prevent use of invalid namespaces in SVG files, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an SVG upload, as demonstrated by use of a W3C XHTML namespace in conjunction with an IFRAME element.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 2, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 28, 2014
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a