CVE-2022-34911

mediawiki: Cross-site Scripting

Published Jul 2, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.7, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.3, and 1.38.x before 1.38.1. XSS can occur in configurations that allow a JavaScript payload in a username. After account creation, when it sets the page title to "Welcome" followed by the username, the username is not escaped: SpecialCreateAccount::successfulAction() calls ::showSuccessPage() with a message as second parameter, and OutputPage::setPageTitle() uses text().

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3117-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5246-1 mediawiki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-37815 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.7, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.3, and 1.38.x before 1.38.1. XSS can occur in configurations that allow a JavaScript payload in a username. After account creation, when it sets the page title to "Welcome" followed by the username, the username is not escaped: SpecialCreateAccount::successfulAction() calls ::showSuccessPage() with a message as second parameter, and OutputPage::setPageTitle() uses text().
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 9:22 AM
Reserved
Jul 2, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 2, 2022, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:51 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jul 2, 2022, 12:00 AM