Wikimedia MediaWiki up to 1.46.0/1.45.4/1.43.9 WikiSEO Extension cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Wikimedia MediaWiki up to 1.46.0/1.45.4/1.43.9. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component WikiSEO Extension. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-100243. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in Wikimedia MediaWiki up to 1.46.0/1.45.4/1.43.9 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component WikiSEO Extension. 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 Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - WikiSEO Extension allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Mediawiki - WikiSEO Extension: from * before 1.46.1, 1.45.5, 1.43.10.

The advisory is shared at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-100243 since 09/25/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. 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 1.46.1, 1.45.5 or 1.43.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Wikimedia

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
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.43.0
• 1.43.1
• 1.43.2
• 1.43.3
• 1.43.4
• 1.43.5
• 1.43.6
• 1.43.7
• 1.43.8
• 1.43.9
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.45.0
• 1.45.1
• 1.45.2
• 1.45.3
• 1.45.4
• 1.46.0

License

• open-source

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