vulnerability

MediaWiki: CVE-2024-40600: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 7, 2024
Added
Jul 11, 2024
Modified
May 6, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Metrolook skin for MediaWiki through 1.42.1. There is stored XSS via MediaWiki:Sidebar top-level menu entries.

Solution

mediawiki-upgrade-latest
Title
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