CVE-2021-41798

mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.44% (73rd) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Is it mine?
8 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · 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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.1
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7
v3.15.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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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.

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also known as (3)

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published 2021-10-11modified 2026-06-17
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references (22)

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