CVE-2020-35479

mediawiki: potential XSS via the month messages such as MediaWiki:january through MediaWiki:december outputting Block Logs

Published Dec 18, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
MediaWiki before 1.35.1 allows XSS via BlockLogFormatter.php. Language::translateBlockExpiry itself does not escape in all code paths. For example, the return of Language::userTimeAndDate is is always unsafe for HTML in a month value. This affects MediaWiki 1.12.0 and later.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2504-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4816-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-23150 MediaWiki before 1.35.1 allows XSS via BlockLogFormatter.php. Language::translateBlockExpiry itself does not escape in all code paths. For example, the return of Language::userTimeAndDate is is always unsafe for HTML in a month value. This affects MediaWiki 1.12.0 and later.
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Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 5:02 PM
Reserved
Dec 16, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 18, 2020, 8:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:13 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 18, 2020, 12:00 AM