Wikimedia Apex Skin Extension up to 1.39.8/1.41.2/1.42.1 on Mediawiki cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Wikimedia Apex Skin Extension up to 1.39.8/1.41.2/1.42.1 on Mediawiki. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-47840. 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 has been found in Wikimedia Apex Skin Extension up to 1.39.8/1.41.2/1.42.1 on Mediawiki and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. 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:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Apex skin allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - Apex skin: from 1.39.X before 1.39.9, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.

The weakness was presented by R4356th. It is possible to read the advisory at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-47840 since 10/04/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.39.9, 1.41.3 or 1.42.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Wikimedia

Name

• Apex Skin Extension

Version

• 1.39.0
• 1.39.1
• 1.39.2
• 1.39.3
• 1.39.4
• 1.39.5
• 1.39.6
• 1.39.7
• 1.39.8
• 1.41.0
• 1.41.1
• 1.41.2
• 1.42.0
• 1.42.1

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