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HistoryMay 24, 2022 - 5:29 p.m.

MediaWiki Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

2022-05-2417:29:41
CWE-79
GitHub Advisory Database
github.com
8
mediawiki
xss
vulnerability
ns filter
special:contributions
htmlform
1.34.x

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

6.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

AI Score

5.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

49.9%

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.34.x before 1.34.3. On Special:Contributions, the NS filter uses unescaped messages as keys in the option key for an HTMLForm specifier. This is vulnerable to a mild XSS if one of those messages is changed to include raw HTML.

Affected configurations

Vulners
Node
mediawikicoreRange1.35.0-rc.01.35.0
OR
mediawikicoreRange1.34.01.34.3
VendorProductVersionCPE
mediawikicore*cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

6.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

AI Score

5.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

49.9%