An issue was discovered in the Mentor dashboard in the GrowthExperiments extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The Growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-add-filter-total-edits-headline, growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-add-filter-starred-headline, growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-info-text, growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-info-legend-headline, and growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-active-ago MediaWiki messages were not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289408 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I858d55fb2eca9b50ac6ef5a6f2a7b2784f0fa0d6 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2021-10-06 14:15
Updated : 2021-10-14 13:09
NVD link : CVE-2021-42044
Mitre link : CVE-2021-42044
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Products Affected
mediawiki
- mediawiki