An issue was discovered in the Widgets extension through 1.4.0 for MediaWiki. Improper title sanitization allowed for the execution of any wiki page as a widget (as defined by this extension) via MediaWiki's {{#widget:}} parser function.
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widgets
Vendor: yahoo
Actively Exploited
0
CISA KEV List
PoC / Exploits
1
Code Available
Total RCEs
0
Remote Access
Total CVEs
2
Total Indexed
Avg. EPSS
5.31%
Exploit Prob.
Security Vulnerability Index
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5.4
CVSS
Severity: MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Widgets extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving base64 encoded content.
Severity: MEDIUM
9.3
CVSS
CVE-2007-4034
Exploit Found
Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets) ActiveX control before 2007.7.13.3 (20070620) in YDPCTL.dll in Yahoo! Widgets before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GetComponentVersion method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity: HIGH