An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.37.3 and 1.38.x before 1.38.1. The contributions-title, used on Special:Contributions, is used as page title without escaping. Hence, in a non-default configuration where a username contains HTML entities, it won't be escaped.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3117-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5246-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-37816 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.37.3 and 1.38.x before 1.38.1. The contributions-title, used on Special:Contributions, is used as page title without escaping. Hence, in a non-default configuration where a username contains HTML entities, it won't be escaped.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T09:22:10.828Z

Reserved: 2022-07-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-34912

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-02T20:15:08.417

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:10:25.360

Link: CVE-2022-34912

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-07-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-34912 - Bugzilla

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