CVE-2019-12471
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.30.0 through 1.32.1 has XSS. Loading user JavaScript from a non-existent account allows anyone to create the account, and perform XSS on users loading that script. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (13)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-2rm7-xxx8-35jhMediaWiki Cross-site Scripting (XSS)2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.30.0 through 1.32.1 has XSS. Loading user JavaScript from a non-existent account allows anyone to create the account, and perform XSS on users loading that script. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.
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sources
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references (17)
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460cnnvd
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12471cnnvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207603cnnvd
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/MediaWiki-multiple-vulnerabilities-29517cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.2078/cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460cnnvd
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