CVE-2021-42042

An issue was discovered in SpecialEditGrowthConfig in the GrowthExperiments extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The growthexperiments-edit-config-error-invalid-title MediaWiki message was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript.
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Oct 2021, 20:19

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References (MISC) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290692 - (MISC) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290692 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ibeb13d032ca044af53f6b2334e27b6b97b6f4e9f - (MISC) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ibeb13d032ca044af53f6b2334e27b6b97b6f4e9f - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 3.5
v3 : 4.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-79

06 Oct 2021, 21:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-10-06 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09


NVD link : CVE-2021-42042

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42042

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-42042


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Products Affected

mediawiki

  • mediawiki
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')