CVE-2024-23172 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. XSS can occur via message definitions. e.g., in SpecialCheckUserLog.

Published: 2024-01-12

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-20691	An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. XSS can occur via message definitions. e.g., in SpecialCheckUserLog.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00617.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/989179
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347708

History

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-04T15:18:54.208Z

Reserved: 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-23172

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:59:31.839Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-12T05:15:10.187

Modified: 2025-06-04T16:15:29.090

Link: CVE-2024-23172

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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