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CVE-2013-6452

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1...

4.3 MediumFix available

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XSL in an SVG file.

Exploit likelihood

1.01%Unchanged since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XSL in an SVG file.

Record
CVE-2013-6452
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XSL in an SVG file.

Record
CVE-2013-6452
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-6259 No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XSL in an SVG file.

Record
EUVD-2013-6259
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q2x4-v7h3-phvm No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XSL in an SVG file.

Record
GHSA-q2x4-v7h3-phvm
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XSL in an SVG file.

Record
CVE-2013-6452
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-6452 No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XSL in an SVG file.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6452
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2014-0113 No score

Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities

MediaWiki user Michael M reported that the fix for CVE-2013-4568 allowed insertion of escaped CSS values which could pass the CSS validation checks, resulting in XSS (CVE-2013-6451).

Chris from RationalWiki reported that SVG files could be uploaded that include external stylesheets, which could lead to XSS when an XSL was used to include JavaScript (CVE-2013-6452).

During internal review, it was discovered that MediaWiki's SVG sanitization could be bypassed when the XML was considered invalid (CVE-2013-6453).

During internal review, it was discovered that MediaWiki displayed some information about deleted pages in the log API, enhanced RecentChanges, and user watchlists (CVE-2013-6472).

Netanel Rubin from Check Point discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in MediaWiki's thumbnail generation for DjVu files. Internal review also discovered similar logic in the PdfHandler extension, which could be exploited in a similar way (CVE-2014-1610).

MediaWiki has been updated to version 1.22.2, which fixes these issues, as well as several others.

Also, the mediawiki-ldapauthentication and mediawiki-math extensions have been updated to newer versions that are compatible with MediaWiki 1.22.

Additionally, the mediawiki-graphviz extension has been obsoleted, due to the fact that it is unmaintained upstream and is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.

Note: if you were using the "instances" feature in these packages to support multiple wiki instances, this feature has now been removed. You will need to maintain separate wiki instances manually.

Record
MGASA-2014-0113
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2013-6452 No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XSL in an SVG file.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6452
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mediawiki
Debian:12
before 1:1.19.10+dfsg-1
1:1.19.10+dfsg-1
mediawiki
Debian:13
before 1:1.19.10+dfsg-1
1:1.19.10+dfsg-1
mediawiki
Debian:14
before 1:1.19.10+dfsg-1
1:1.19.10+dfsg-1
mediawiki
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1:1.19.14+dfsg-0+deb7u1, plus listed versions
1:1.19.10+dfsg-11:1.19.11+dfsg-0+deb7u11:1.19.11+dfsg-11:1.19.12+dfsg-11:1.19.13+dfsg-1
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1:1.19.5-11:1.19.5-1+deb7u11:1.19.6-11:1.19.7+dfsg-11:1.19.7+dfsg-1.11:1.19.8+dfsg-11:1.19.8+dfsg-21:1.19.8+dfsg-2.11:1.19.8+dfsg-2.21:1.19.9+dfsg-11:1.19.9+dfsg-2
1:1.19.14+dfsg-0+deb7u1
mediawiki-extensions
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 3.5~deb7u1, plus listed versions
2.113.03.13.23.3
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3.43~exp13~exp23~exp3
3.5~deb7u1
mediawiki
Mageia:3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.22.2-1.1.mga3
1.22.2-1.1.mga3
mediawiki-ldapauthentication
Mageia:3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.0f-1.1.mga3
2.0f-1.1.mga3
mediawiki-math
Mageia:3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1-1.1.mga3
1.1-1.1.mga3
mediawiki
Mageia:4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.22.2-1.1.mga4
1.22.2-1.1.mga4
mediawiki-ldapauthentication
Mageia:4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.0f-1.1.mga4
2.0f-1.1.mga4
mediawiki-math
Mageia:4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1-1.1.mga4
1.1-1.1.mga4

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2013-6452 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mediawiki, published March 2, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. Fixed in mediawiki 1:1.19.10+dfsg-1.

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