CVE-2020-25815
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4. LogEventList::getFiltersDesc is insecurely using message text to build options names for an HTML multi-select field. The relevant code should use escaped() instead of text().
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affected products (6)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-2f58-vf6g-6p8xMediaWiki Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4. LogEventList::getFiltersDesc is insecurely using message text to build options names for an HTML multi-select field. The relevant code should use escaped() instead of text().
- BIT-mediawiki-2020-258152024-03-06vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4. LogEventList::getFiltersDesc is insecurely using message text to build options names for an HTML multi-select field. The relevant code should use escaped() instead of text().
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references (15)
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- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/+/ec76e14be658187544f07c1a249a047e1a75eaf8/includes/logging/LogEventsList.php#214cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6/cnnvd
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048480.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048488.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25815cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/MediaWiki-multiple-vulnerabilities-33427cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3316/cnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/+/ec76e14be658187544f07c1a249a047e1a75eaf8/includes/logging/LogEventsList.php#214enisa_euvd
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