An issue was discovered in the Growth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. On any Wiki with the Mentor Dashboard feature enabled, users can login with a mentor account and trigger an XSS payload (such as alert) via Growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-no-js-fallback.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/720088 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289063 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
30 Sep 2022, 16:37
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | (MISC) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/720088 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | (MISC) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289063 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Mediawiki mediawiki
Mediawiki |
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| CWE | CWE-79 | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.4 |
29 Sep 2022, 17:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2022-09-29 03:15
Updated : 2023-12-10 14:35
NVD link : CVE-2021-42047
Mitre link : CVE-2021-42047
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-42047
JSON object : View
Products Affected
mediawiki
- mediawiki
CWE
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')