CVE-2024-23179
MEDIUMMediaWiki < 1.40.2 - Cross-Site Scripting via GlobalBlocking Extension Subtitle Links
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/TDBUBCCOQJUT4SCHJNPHKQNPBUUETY52/
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347746
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
58.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
mediawiki/mediawiki
< 1.40.2
Published
Jan 12, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026