CVE-2024-34502
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
An issue was discovered in WikibaseLexeme in MediaWiki before 1.39.6, 1.40.x before 1.40.2, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. Loading Special:MergeLexemes will (attempt to) make an edit that merges the from-id to the to-id, even if the request was not a POST request, and even if it does not contain an edit token.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.4–9.8
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affected products (10)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-1022MediaWiki: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-05-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in MediaWiki ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff zu starten, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder Dateien zu manipulieren.
- BIT-mediawiki-2024-345022025-06-18vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in WikibaseLexeme in MediaWiki before 1.39.6, 1.40.x before 1.40.2, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. Loading Special:MergeLexemes will (attempt to) make an edit that merges the from-id to the to-id, even if the request was not a POST request, and even if it does not contain an edit token.
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references (11)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-34502cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-34502/cnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseLexeme/+/1013359cnnvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357101cnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseLexeme/+/1013359enisa_euvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/enisa_euvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357101enisa_euvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseLexeme/+/1013359PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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