# CVE-2014-9276: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Special:ExpandedTemplates page in MediaWiki before 1.19.22, 1.20.x through 1.22.x bef

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-01-04 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Special:ExpandedTemplates page in MediaWiki before 1.19.22, 1.20.x through 1.22.x before 1.22.14, and 1.23.x before 1.23.7, when $wgRawHTML is set to true, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with edit permissions for requests that cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the wpInput parameter, which is not properly handled in the preview.

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## References

- http://securitytracker.com/id?1031301
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/03/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/16
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73111
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-November/000170.html

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