vulnerability
MediaWiki: CVE-2023-22911: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Jan 10, 2023 | Jan 16, 2023 | May 6, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 10, 2023
Added
Jan 16, 2023
Modified
May 6, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. E-Widgets does widget replacement in HTML attributes, which can lead to XSS, because widget authors often do not expect that their widget is executed in an HTML attribute context.
Solution
mediawiki-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2023-22911
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-22911
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AP65YEN762IBNQPOYGUVLTQIDLM5XD2A/
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149488
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-27013
- CWE-79
- EUVD-EUVD-2023-27013
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