CVE-2024-23179 - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:GlobalBlock?uselang=x-xss URI, i18n-based XSS can occur via the parentheses message. This affects subtitle links in buildSubtitleLinks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/TDBUBCCOQJUT4SCHJNPHKQNPBUUETY52/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347746

History

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-09-25T20:34:20.981Z

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

Link: CVE-2024-23179

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:59:32.073Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-12T06:15:47.383

Modified: 2024-09-25T21:35:03.450

Link: CVE-2024-23179

Redhat

No data.

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