CVE-2023-22911

MediaWiki: XSS in widget placement

Published Jan 10, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. E-Widgets does widget replacement in HTML attributes, which can lead to XSS, because widget authors often do not expect that their widget is executed in an HTML attribute context.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-27013 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. E-Widgets does widget replacement in HTML attributes, which can lead to XSS, because widget authors often do not expect that their widget is executed in an HTML attribute context.
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Metrics ssvc

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Apr 7, 2025, 6:36 PM
Reserved
Jan 10, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 10, 2023, 8:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:36 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 10, 2023, 12:00 AM