CVE-2021-42043

Published Oct 6, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Special:MediaSearch in the MediaSearch extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The suggestion text (a parameter to mediasearch-did-you-mean) was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript via the intitle: search operator within the query.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-29031 An issue was discovered in Special:MediaSearch in the MediaSearch extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The suggestion text (a parameter to mediasearch-did-you-mean) was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript via the intitle: search operator within the query.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 3:22 AM
Reserved
Oct 6, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 6, 2021, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:09 AM