MediaWiki up to 1.35.8/1.38.4/1.39.0 cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.8/1.38.4/1.39.0. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-22910. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.35.8/1.38.4/1.39.0 (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. There is XSS in Wikibase date formatting via wikibase-time-precision-* fields. This allows JavaScript execution by staff/admin users who do not intentionally have the editsitejs capability.

The weakness was published 01/21/2023. The advisory is shared at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-22910 since 01/10/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.35.9, 1.38.5 or 1.39.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-27012). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• MediaWiki

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.35.0
• 1.35.1
• 1.35.2
• 1.35.3
• 1.35.4
• 1.35.5
• 1.35.6
• 1.35.7
• 1.35.8
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.38.0
• 1.38.1
• 1.38.2
• 1.38.3
• 1.38.4
• 1.39.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

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