XSS in MediaWiki

CVE-2023-37251

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The googleanalyticstrackurl parser function does not properly escape JavaScript in the onclick handler and does not prevent use of javascript: URLs.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-37251: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37251?
CVE-2023-37251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in MediaWiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-37251?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.