CVE-2026-55691

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
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0.48% (42nd) EPSS
CVSS 8.6 · high
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The EmbedVideo Extension is a MediaWiki extension which adds a parser function called #ev and various parser tags for embedding video clips from various video sharing services. Prior to 4.1.0, EmbedHtmlFormatter::toHtml in includes/EmbedService/EmbedHtmlFormatter.php passes the user-supplied class value directly to sprintf while constructing a figure element. A quote in the class value can terminate the class attribute and inject arbitrary HTML attributes or markup into the rendered page. A user able to edit a wiki page can store JavaScript that executes for visitors who render the affected content. This issue is fixed in version 4.1.0.

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v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Lsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.7
v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Lsecondary · OSV
v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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  • GHSA-7h5p-637f-jfr7StarCitizenWiki Extension Embed Video: Stored XSS via unsanitized class passed to template2026-06-19ghsa · osvUS

    ### Summary The user supplied class value is fed directly into the sprintf call that creates HTML. You can add a quote to escape the class and then inject arbitrary html/javascript to the final output. ### Details The template [here](https://github.com/StarCitizenWiki/mediawiki-extensions-EmbedVideo/blob/a573a16d925ee0ea0d34b360856dc8ab0b88f822/includes/EmbedService/EmbedHtmlFormatter.php#L138) adds a figure with a class that is substituted in. This value is provided to sprintf [here](https://github.com/StarCitizenWiki/mediawiki-extensions-EmbedVideo/blob/a573a16d925ee0ea0d34b360856dc8ab0b88f822/includes/EmbedService/EmbedHtmlFormatter.php#L156), an unescaped version of the class supplied by the user. ``` $template = <<<HTML <figure class="%s" data-service="%s" %s %s> <div class="embedvideo-wrapper" %s>%s%s%s</div>%s </figure> HTML; ``` ### PoC Note the double quote immediately following the single quote to escape the class attribute in the template: ``` <youtube class='" onmouseover="alert(document.domain)' id="dQw4w9WgXcQ">dQw4w9WgXcQ</youtube> ``` ### Impact Arbitrary HTML can be inserted into the DOM by any user on any page, allowing for JavaScript to be executed.

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published 2026-09-15modified 2026-09-30
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