CVE-2022-34912

mediawiki: Username not escaped in the contributions-title message

Published Jul 2, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.37.3 and 1.38.x before 1.38.1. The contributions-title, used on Special:Contributions, is used as page title without escaping. Hence, in a non-default configuration where a username contains HTML entities, it won't be escaped.

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-2022-37816 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.37.3 and 1.38.x before 1.38.1. The contributions-title, used on Special:Contributions, is used as page title without escaping. Hence, in a non-default configuration where a username contains HTML entities, it won't be escaped.
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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