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CVE-2024-23173

An issue was discovered in the Cargo extension in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. The Special:Drilldown page allows XSS via artist, album, a...

Published: Jan 12, 2024Updated: Jun 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-79
6.1MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 66.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

MediaWiki Cargo Extension Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

Packagist
package-ecosystem
mediawiki/cargo
OSS Libraries
mediawiki
oss-project·US
mediawiki
Web & CMS Plugins
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
MediaWikiOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23173
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Cargo/commit/e4f0b7fb11da0e4b18f2c416101965e417ba3bd2
github.com
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Cargo/+/965214
gerrit.wikimedia.org
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