Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201409-4
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Severity: High
Date    : 2014-09-29
CVE-ID  : CVE-7199
Package : mediawiki
Type    : Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE-2014

Summary
=======

The package mediawiki before version 1.23.4-1 is
vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 1.23.4-1.

# pacman -Syu "mediawiki>=1.23.4-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.23.4.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
===========

It was discovered that MediaWiki, a wiki engine, did not sufficiently
filter CSS in uploaded SVG files, allowing for cross site scripting.

Impact
======

A remote attacker is able to upload a crafted SVG file to perform a
cross site scripting attack.

References
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https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7199
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69008
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/42161
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-September/000161.html

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