XSS in Mediawiki
CVE-2021-42047
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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Mediawiki
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-42047?
- CVE-2021-42047 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-29.
- How severe is CVE-2021-42047?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.