Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE-2015-2935
Summary
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the SVG filtering and obtain sensitive user information via a mixed case @import in a style element in an SVG file, as demonstrated by "@imporT."
- LOW
- NETWORK
- NONE
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- PARTIAL
- NONE
CWE-200 - Information Exposure
An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published