Foreground Skin up to 1.42.1 on MediaWiki Sidebar Menu cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Foreground Skin up to 1.42.1 on MediaWiki. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Sidebar Menu Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-40605. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Foreground Skin up to 1.42.1 on MediaWiki. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Sidebar Menu Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in the Foreground skin for MediaWiki through 1.42.1. There is stored XSS via MediaWiki:Sidebar top-level menu entries.

The advisory is shared for download at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-40605 since 07/06/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-38541). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

07/06/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: phabricator.wikimedia.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-40605 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-40605
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270440
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2024 12:17
Updated: 06/15/2025 13:10
Changes: 07/07/2024 12:17 (53), 07/09/2024 06:37 (1), 07/10/2024 06:02 (11), 03/20/2025 21:03 (4), 06/15/2025 13:10 (1)
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