ProofreadPage Extension up to 1.35.11/1.39.4/1.40.0 on MediaWiki formatNumNoSeparators cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in ProofreadPage Extension up to 1.35.11/1.39.4/1.40.0 on MediaWiki. This issue affects the function formatNumNoSeparators. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-45373. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ProofreadPage Extension up to 1.35.11/1.39.4/1.40.0 on MediaWiki. This issue affects the function formatNumNoSeparators. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in the ProofreadPage extension for MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. XSS can occur via formatNumNoSeparators.

The weakness was presented 10/09/2023. The advisory is shared at gerrit.wikimedia.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-45373 since 10/09/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.35.12, 1.39.5 or 1.40.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-49665). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• ProofreadPage Extension

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
• 1.35.9
• 1.35.10
• 1.35.11
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.39.0
• 1.39.1
• 1.39.2
• 1.39.3
• 1.39.4
• 1.40.0

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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