Name: CVE-2021-42041: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-42041, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.0051

An issue was discovered in CentralAuth in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The rightsnone MediaWiki message was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript via the setchange log.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Mediawiki	—	Upgrade MediaWiki to the latest version	Nov 26, 2021	Oct 6, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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