CVE-2024-23179

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  3. CVE-2024-23179
An issue was discovered in the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:GlobalBlock?uselang=x-xss URI, i18n-based XSS can occur via the parentheses message. This affects subtitle links in buildSubtitleLinks.

6.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/TDBUBCCOQJUT4SCHJNPHKQNPBUUETY52/ Issue Tracking Patch Release Notes
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347746 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

18 Jan 2024, 20:21

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-79
First Time Mediawiki mediawiki
Mediawiki
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.1
References () https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347746 - () https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347746 - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/TDBUBCCOQJUT4SCHJNPHKQNPBUUETY52/ - () https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/TDBUBCCOQJUT4SCHJNPHKQNPBUUETY52/ - Issue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes

12 Jan 2024, 06:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2024-01-12 06:15

Updated : 2024-09-25 21:35

NVD link : CVE-2024-23179

Mitre link : CVE-2024-23179

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Products Affected

mediawiki

  • mediawiki
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')