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title: "CVE-2014-9475\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-9475

Publication date 16 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in thumb.php in MediaWiki before
1.19.23, 1.2x before 1.22.15, 1.23.x before 1.23.8, and 1.24.x before
1.24.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or
HTML via a wikitext message.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mediawiki | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9475)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9475)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9475)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9475)

### Other references

* <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76686 (still not public)>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9475>
