CVE-2021-42043
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.44%
Description
An issue was discovered in Special:MediaSearch in the MediaSearch extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The suggestion text (a parameter to mediasearch-did-you-mean) was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript via the intitle: search operator within the query.
How to fix CVE-2021-42043
To remediate CVE-2021-42043, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Bitnami/mediawiki—upgrade to 1.36.3 or later
Is CVE-2021-42043 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.36.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |