CVE-2021-42043

An issue was discovered in Special:MediaSearch in the MediaSearch extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The suggestion text (a parameter to mediasearch-did-you-mean) was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript via the intitle: search operator within the query.
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

14 Oct 2021, 20:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 4.3
v3 : 6.1
CWE CWE-79
References (MISC) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T291600 - (MISC) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T291600 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/If64eb5842237c92290d07ebc3fe14710d9de3fc2 - (MISC) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/If64eb5842237c92290d07ebc3fe14710d9de3fc2 - Patch, Vendor Advisory

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-2021-42043

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42043

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-42043


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Products Affected

mediawiki

  • mediawiki
CWE
CWE-79

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