CVE-2024-40605 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in the Foreground skin for MediaWiki through 1.42.1. There is stored XSS via MediaWiki:Sidebar top-level menu entries.

Published: 2024-07-06

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-38541	An issue was discovered in the Foreground skin for MediaWiki through 1.42.1. There is stored XSS via MediaWiki:Sidebar top-level menu entries.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00319.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361452

History

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Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T13:28:30.370Z

Reserved: 2024-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-40605

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:33:11.987Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-07T00:15:10.770

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:46:10.647

Link: CVE-2024-40605

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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