CVE-2024-23179
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.36%
Description
An issue was discovered in the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:GlobalBlock?uselang=x-xss URI, i18n-based XSS can occur via the parentheses message. This affects subtitle links in buildSubtitleLinks.
How to fix CVE-2024-23179
To remediate CVE-2024-23179, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Bitnami/mediawiki—upgrade to 1.41.1 or later
Is CVE-2024-23179 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.41.1
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 |