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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-42041

The rightsnone MediaWiki message was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript via the setchange log.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.98%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in CentralAuth in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The rightsnone MediaWiki message was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript via the setchange log.

CVSS 3.1
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.98% probability · 60th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
mediawiki/mediawiki
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.