Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affecting mediawiki/metrolook-skin package, versions >0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-MEDIAWIKIMETROLOOKSKIN-7430243
  • published8 Jul 2024
  • disclosed6 Jul 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-40600  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') through the MediaWiki:Sidebar top-level menu entries. An attacker can inject and execute arbitrary script code by crafting malicious input.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1