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GHSA-4VR7-M8P8-434H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:29 – Updated: 2024-05-17 21:56

Summary

MediaWiki Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Details

In MediaWiki before 1.31.9 and 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.3, XSS related to jQuery can occur. The attacker creates a message with [javascript:payload xss] and turns it into a jQuery object with mw.message().parse(). The expected result is that the jQuery object does not contain an tag (or it does not have a href attribute, or it's empty, etc.). The actual result is that the object contains an <a href ="javascript... that executes when clicked.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

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        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "mediawiki/core"
      },
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            {
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    "CVE-2020-25814"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-05-17T21:56:21Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-09-27T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-4vr7-m8p8-434h",
  "modified": "2024-05-17T21:56:21Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:29:42Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25814"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2020-25814.yaml"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048480.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048488.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T86738"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Core_modules#mediawiki.jqueryMsg"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "MediaWiki Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability"
}

CVE-2020-25814 (GCVE-0-2020-25814)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-27 20:29 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:40

Summary

In MediaWiki before 1.31.10 and 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4, XSS related to jQuery can occur. The attacker creates a message with [javascript:payload xss] and turns it into a jQuery object with mw.message().parse(). The expected result is that the jQuery object does not contain an <a> tag (or it does not have a href attribute, or it's empty, etc.). The actual result is that the object contains an <a href ="javascript... that executes when clicked.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Cor…	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l…	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

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