From ${URL} : he MediaWiki 1.19.20, 1.22.12, and 1.23.5 releases fix the following security issue: "(bug 70672) SECURITY: OutputPage: Remove separation of css and js module allowance." References: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70672 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/164271/ https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-October/000163.html @maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
Adding to existing GLSA draft.
CVE-2014-7295 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7295): The (1) Special:Preferences and (2) Special:UserLogin pages in MediaWiki before 1.19.20, 1.22.x before 1.22.12 and 1.23.x before 1.23.5 allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via crafted CSS, as demonstrated by modifying MediaWiki:Common.css.
This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201502-04 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-04.xml by GLSA coordinator Kristian Fiskerstrand (K_F).