What is CVE-2022-29969?

CVE-2022-29969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Rss For, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2022-29969?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Mediawiki Rss For

CVE-2022-29969

The RSS extension before 2022-04-29 for MediaWiki allows XSS via an rss element (if the feed is in $wgRSSUrlWhitelist and $wgRSSAllowLinkTag is true).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mediawiki Rss_for_mediawiki
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29969?: CVE-2022-29969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Rss For, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2022-29969?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.