CVE-2024-23178

MEDIUM

Mediawiki < 1.40.2 - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in the Phonos extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. PhonosButton.js allows i18n-based XSS via the phonos-purge-needed-error message.

References (2)

[Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/TDBUBCCOQJUT4SCHJNPHKQNPBUUETY52/

[Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T349312

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4

EPSS 0.0035

EPSS Percentile 56.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (1)

mediawiki/mediawiki < 1.40.2

Timeline

Published Jan 12, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026