Vulnerability in MediaWiki
CVE-2022-34912
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.37.3 and 1.38.x before 1.38.1. The contributions-title, used on Special:Contributions, is used as page title without escaping. Hence, in a non-default configuration where a username contains HTML entities, it won't be escaped.
EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th 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 — versions 1.38.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 36, 37
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-34912?
- CVE-2022-34912 is a medium-severity vulnerability in MediaWiki. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-07-02.
- How severe is CVE-2022-34912?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.