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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2023-37251)

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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2023-37251)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/29/2023
Created
07/10/2023
Added
07/10/2023
Modified
01/28/2025

Description

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The googleanalyticstrackurl parser function does not properly escape JavaScript in the onclick handler and does not prevent use of javascript: URLs.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

References

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