# CVE-2013-4567: Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Sanitizer::checkCss in MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 allows

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-12-13 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Sanitizer::checkCss in MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a \b (backspace) character in CSS.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63760
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57472
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2891
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55332

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