What is CVE-2024-23171?

CVE-2024-23171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-23171?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Mediawiki

CVE-2024-23171

An issue was discovered in the CampaignEvents extension in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. The Special:EventDetails page allows XSS via the x-xss language setting for internationaliz…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th 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)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23171?: CVE-2024-23171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-23171?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.