CVE-2021-46150
lowpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.006 · 51 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. Special:CheckUserLog allows CheckUser XSS because of date mishandling, as demonstrated by an XSS payload in MediaWiki:October.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–4.8
weaknesses
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affected products (9)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-1512MediaWiki: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-01-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in MediaWiki ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.
- BIT-mediawiki-2021-461502024-03-06vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. Special:CheckUserLog allows CheckUser XSS because of date mishandling, as demonstrated by an XSS payload in MediaWiki:October.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (7)
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- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/79c2c49a18f96b159258958feca90fce964c350acnnvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T292795cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022011805cnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/79c2c49a18f96b159258958feca90fce964c350aenisa_euvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T292795enisa_euvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/79c2c49a18f96b159258958feca90fce964c350aThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T292795ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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