CVE-2021-41798
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows XSS. Month related MediaWiki messages are not escaped before being used on the Special:Search results page.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (8)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-1260MediaWiki: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-09-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in MediaWiki ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen und einen Cross Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen.
- BIT-mediawiki-2021-417982024-03-06vendor · osvUS
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows XSS. Month related MediaWiki messages are not escaped before being used on the Special:Search results page.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (22)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-41798cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CJDYJQWT43GBD6GNQ4OW7JOZ6WQ6DZTN/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDBPECBWN6LWNSWIQMVXK6PP4YFEUYHA/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNEAI2T3Y65I55ZB6UE6RMC662RZTGRX/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41798cnnvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285515cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/MediaWiki-five-vulnerabilities-36559cnnvd
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