CVE-2021-42046
MEDIUMMediaWiki < 1.36.2 - Cross-Site Scripting in GlobalWatchlist Extension Messages
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in the GlobalWatchlist extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The rev-deleted-user and ntimes messages were not properly escaped and allowed for users to inject HTML and JavaScript.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286385
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ib7f9b009730fe0df283cec1169f84c7a83a58b1d
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Id2204fb5afe591d63764466de35ac0aaa5999983
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
53.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
mediawiki/mediawiki
< 1.36.2
Published
Sep 29, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026