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TI-2013-04013 Aliases CVE-2013-4568GHSA-gx65-cr9q-7fgc

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Sanitizer::checkCss in MediaWiki before 1.19.9…

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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 certain non-ASCII characters in CSS, as demonstrated using variations of "expression" containing (1) full width characters or (2) IPA extensions, which are converted and rendered by Internet Explorer.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02098 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 23

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.20Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.20.1Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.20.2Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.20.3Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.20.4Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.20.5Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.20.6Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.20.7Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.21Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.21.1Vulnerablemediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.20 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.20.1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.20.2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.20.3 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.20.4 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.20.5 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.20.6 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.20.7 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.21 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.21.1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
Show 13 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.21.2Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.19.8Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19 beta_1Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19 beta_2Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19.0Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19.1Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19.2Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19.3Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19.4Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19.5Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19.6Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.19.7Vulnerablemediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.21.2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.19.8 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19 beta_1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19 beta_2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19.0 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19.1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19.2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19.3 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19.4 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19.5 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19.6 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19.7 Vulnerable ·mediawiki

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-4568
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gx65-cr9q-7fgc

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

  • TI-2023-18933 An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-13576 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-03312 Stored XSS leads to privilege escalation in MediaWiki v1.40.0 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-42109 Cross-site request forgery in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - RedirectManager Extension CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2024-22822 An issue was discovered in includes/CommentFormatter/CommentParser.php in MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2023-18935 An issue was discovered in the ProofreadPage (aka Proofread Page) extension for MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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