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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2023-37255)

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MediaWiki: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2023-37255)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/29/2023
Created
07/10/2023
Added
07/10/2023
Modified
07/10/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. In Special:CheckUser, a check of the "get edits" type is vulnerable to HTML injection through the User-Agent HTTP request header.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

References

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