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MediaWiki Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.9 and 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.3. The non-jqueryMsg version of mw.message().parse() doesn't escape HTML. This affects both message contents (which are generally safe) and the parameters (which can be based on user input). (When jqueryMsg is loaded, it correctly accepts only whitelisted tags in message contents, and escapes all parameters. Situations with an unloaded jqueryMsg are rare in practice, but can for example occur for Special:SpecialPages on a wiki with no extensions installed.)

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package mediawiki/core >= 1.31.0, < 1.31.9, >= 1.32.0, < 1.34.3, >= 1.35.0-rc.0, < 1.35.0 1.31.9, 1.34.3, 1.35.0

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
mediawiki/core
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-h8qx-mj6v-2934 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: mediawiki/core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (28) in the archive
Total entries
28
First → latest
05.2022 10.2023
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 6
  • Medium 20

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. MediaWiki Denial of Service vulnerability
    High · 7.5 CVE-2023-45363 < 1.35.12, >= 1.36.0, < 1.39.5, >= 1.40.0, < 1.40.1 1.35.12, 1.39.5, 1.40.1
  2. X-Forwarded-For header allows brute-forcing autoblocked IP addresses
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2023-29141 >= 1.39.0, < 1.39.3, >= 1.38.0, < 1.38.6, < 1.35.10 1.39.3, 1.38.6, 1.35.10
  3. MediaWiki Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2020-25828 >= 1.31.0, < 1.31.9, >= 1.32.0, < 1.34.3, >= 1.35.0-rc.0, < 1.35.0 1.31.9, 1.34.3, 1.35.0
  4. OATHAuth extension in MediaWiki is not implementing rate limit
    High · 7.5 CVE-2020-25827 >= 1.31.0, < 1.31.9, >= 1.32.0, < 1.34.3 1.31.9, 1.34.3
  5. Wikimedia information leak vulnerability
    High · 7.5 CVE-2019-12474 >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.6, >= 1.30.0, < 1.30.2, >= 1.31.0, < 1.31.2, >= 1.32.0, < 1.32.2 1.27.6, 1.30.2, 1.31.2, 1.32.2
  6. Wikimedia Potential DOS due to slow WatchedItemStore::countVisitingWatchersMultiple
    High · 7.5 CVE-2019-12473 >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.6, >= 1.30.0, < 1.30.2, >= 1.31.0, < 1.31.2, >= 1.32.0, < 1.32.2 1.27.6, 1.30.2, 1.31.2, 1.32.2
  7. MediaWiki Incorrect Access Control vulnerability
    High · 7.5 CVE-2019-12472 >= 1.18.0, < 1.27.6, >= 1.30.0, < 1.30.2, >= 1.31.0, < 1.31.2, >= 1.32.0, < 1.32.2 1.27.6, 1.30.2, 1.31.2, 1.32.2
  8. Wikimedia MediaWiki allows CSRF
    High · 8.8 CVE-2019-12466 >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.6, >= 1.30.0, < 1.30.2, >= 1.31.0, < 1.31.2, >= 1.32.0, < 1.32.2 1.27.6, 1.30.2, 1.31.2, 1.32.2
  9. Wikimedia MediaWiki Incorrect Access Control vulnerability
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2019-12468 >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.6, >= 1.30.0, < 1.30.2, >= 1.31.0, < 1.31.2, >= 1.32.0, < 1.32.2 1.27.6, 1.30.2, 1.31.2, 1.32.2

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