CVE-2024-34500

mediawiki: XSS through interface message in UnlinkedWikibase

Published May 5, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the UnlinkedWikibase extension in MediaWiki before 1.39.6, 1.40.x before 1.40.2, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. XSS can occur through an interface message. Error messages (in the $err var) are not escaped before being passed to Html::rawElement() in the getError() function in the Hooks class.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wcx3-63mm-h8x6 MediaWiki UnlinkedWikibase Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Mediawiki
Mediawiki mediawiki
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Mediawiki
Mediawiki mediawiki
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Nov 4, 2025, 5:20 PM
Reserved
May 5, 2024, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 5, 2024, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:33 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 5, 2024, 12:00 AM