What is CVE-2024-23172?

CVE-2024-23172 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-2024-23172?

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

XSS in Mediawiki

CVE-2024-23172

An issue was discovered in the CheckUser 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. XSS can occur via message definitions. e.g., in SpecialCheckUserLog.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.5th 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, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23172?: CVE-2024-23172 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-2024-23172?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.