VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-23172
XSS can occur via message definitions. e.g., in SpecialCheckUserLog.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. XSS can occur via message definitions. e.g., in SpecialCheckUserLog.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/989179Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347708Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/989179Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347708Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.