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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2020-6163)

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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2020-6163)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/08/2020
Created
01/18/2020
Added
01/17/2020
Modified
01/17/2020

Description

The WikibaseMediaInfo extension 1.35 for MediaWiki allows XSS because of improper template syntax within the PropertySuggestionsWidget template (in the templates/search/PropertySuggestionsWidget.mustache+dom file).

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

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