SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-42048

Any admin can add arbitrary JavaScript code to the Newcomer home page footer, which can be executed by viewers with zero edits.

MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.66%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Growth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. Any admin can add arbitrary JavaScript code to the Newcomer home page footer, which can be executed by viewers with zero edits.

CVSS 3.1
4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.66% probability · 50th 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.