CVE-2014-5242

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js in MediaWiki 1.22...

4.3 Medium

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js in MediaWiki 1.22.x before 1.22.9 and 1.23.x before 1.23.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving the multipageimagenavbox class in conjunction with an action=raw value.

Exploit likelihood

2.07%Up 0.8 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

Record: CVE-2014-5242
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

Record: CVE-2014-5242
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2014-5140 No score

Record: EUVD-2014-5140
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c6g2-67vp-v3m9 No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js in MediaWiki 1.22...

Record: GHSA-c6g2-67vp-v3m9
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2014-0309 No score

Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities

MediaWiki before 1.23.2 is vulnerable to JSONP injection in Flash (CVE-2014-5241), XSS in mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js (CVE-2014-5242), and clickjacking between OutputPage and ParserOutput (CVE-2014-5243).

This update provides MediaWiki 1.23.2, fixing these and other issues.

Record: MGASA-2014-0309
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

mediawiki

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`mediawiki` Mageia:3 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1.23.2-1.mga3	1.23.2-1.mga3
`mediawiki` Mageia:4 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 1.23.2-1.mga4	1.23.2-1.mga4

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2014-5242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mediawiki, published August 5, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.07%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.