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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2017-0365)

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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2017-0365)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/13/2018
Created
10/26/2019
Added
10/23/2019
Modified
05/09/2022

Description

Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 contains a XSS vulnerability in SearchHighlighter::highlightText() with non-default configurations.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_27_2
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_28_1

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