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CVE-2021-42042

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Published: Oct 6, 2021Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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4.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploitability: 1.7 / Impact: 2.7
Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in SpecialEditGrowthConfig in the GrowthExperiments extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The growthexperiments-edit-config-error-invalid-title MediaWiki message was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript.

Affected (1)

Products: Mediawiki: Mediawiki
Mediawiki
1 product
Mediawiki
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Mediawiki
Up to 1.36.2

Related CWEs

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

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