CVE-2020-35474: In MediaWiki before 1.35.1, the combination of Html::rawElement and Message::text leads to XSS because the definition of…

PriorityP423medium6.1CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN

EPSS

1.04%

60.4th percentile

In MediaWiki before 1.35.1, the combination of Html::rawElement and Message::text leads to XSS because the definition of MediaWiki:recentchanges-legend-watchlistexpiry can be changed onwiki so that the output is raw HTML.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	mediawiki	< mediawiki 1:1.35.1-1 (bookworm)	mediawiki 1:1.35.1-1 (bookworm)
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
mediawiki	mediawiki	< 1.35.1	1.35.1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.1-1	1:1.35.1-1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.1-1	1:1.35.1-1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.1-1	1:1.35.1-1
mediawiki	mediawiki	>= 0 < 1:1.35.1-1	1:1.35.1-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

osv6.1MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.1MEDIUM

vendor_redhat6.1MEDIUM

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