VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-23179

CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.43%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2024-01-12

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

An issue was discovered in the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:GlobalBlock?uselang=x-xss URI, i18n-based XSS can occur via the parentheses message. This affects subtitle links in buildSubtitleLinks.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-79

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes
cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory