CVE-2015-2933
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Html class in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Html class in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a LanguageConverter substitution string when using a language variant.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Html class in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a LanguageConverter substitution string when using a language variant.
- Record
CVE-2015-2933- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV: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 the Html class in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a LanguageConverter substitution string when using a language variant.
- Record
CVE-2015-2933- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-3018 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Html class in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a LanguageConverter substitution string when using a language variant.
- Record
EUVD-2015-3018- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fm9q-hp7m-869c No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Html class in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Html class in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a LanguageConverter substitution string when using a language variant.
- Record
GHSA-fm9q-hp7m-869c- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Html class in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a LanguageConverter substitution string when using a language variant.
- Record
CVE-2015-2933- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-2933 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Html class in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a LanguageConverter substitution string when using a language variant.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2933- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0142 No score
Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities:
In MediaWiki before 1.23.9, one could circumvent the SVG MIME blacklist for embedded resources. This allowed an attacker to embed JavaScript in the SVG (CVE-2015-2931).
In MediaWiki before 1.23.9, the SVG filter to prevent injecting JavaScript using animate elements was incorrect (CVE-2015-2932).
In MediaWiki before 1.23.9, a stored XSS vulnerability exists due to the way attributes were expanded in MediaWiki's Html class, in combination with LanguageConverter substitutions (CVE-2015-2933).
In MediaWiki before 1.23.9, MediaWiki's SVG filtering could be bypassed with entity encoding under the Zend interpreter. This could be used to inject JavaScript (CVE-2015-2934).
In MediaWiki before 1.23.9, one could bypass the style filtering for SVG files to load external resources. This could violate the anonymity of users viewing the SVG (CVE-2015-2935).
In MediaWiki before 1.23.9, MediaWiki versions using PBKDF2 for password hashing (not the default for 1.23) are vulnerable to DoS attacks using extremely long passwords (CVE-2015-2936).
In MediaWiki before 1.23.9, MediaWiki is vulnerable to "Quadratic Blowup" DoS attacks, under both HHVM and Zend PHP (CVE-2015-2937).
In MediaWiki before 1.23.9, the MediaWiki feature allowing a user to preview another user's custom JavaScript could be abused for privilege escalation (CVE-2015-2938).
In MediaWiki before 1.23.9, function names were not sanitized in Lua error backtraces, which could lead to XSS (CVE-2015-2939).
In MediaWiki before 1.23.9, the CheckUser extension did not prevent CSRF attacks on the form allowing checkusers to look up sensitive information about other users. Since the use of CheckUser is logged, the CSRF could be abused to defame a trusted user or flood the logs with noise (CVE-2015-2940).
The mediawiki package has been updated to version 1.23.9, fixing these issues and other bugs.
- Record
MGASA-2015-0142- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-2933 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Html class in MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a LanguageConverter substitution string when using a language variant.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2933- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
mediawikiDebian:12 |
before 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 |
mediawikiDebian:13 |
before 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 |
mediawikiDebian:14 |
before 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 |
mediawikiMageia:4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 1.23.9-1.mga4 | 1.23.9-1.mga4 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-2933 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mediawiki, published April 9, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.06%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in mediawiki 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3.
References
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200
securityfocus.com/bid/73477
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
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phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73394
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2933
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fm9q-hp7m-869c
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2933
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0142.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15606
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2933
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2933