Total vulnerabilities in the database
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.7, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.3, and 1.38.x before 1.38.1. XSS can occur in configurations that allow a JavaScript payload in a username. After account creation, when it sets the page title to "Welcome" followed by the username, the username is not escaped: SpecialCreateAccount::successfulAction() calls ::showSuccessPage() with a message as second parameter, and OutputPage::setPageTitle() uses text().
Software | From | Fixed in |
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mediawiki / mediawiki | 1.38.0-rc0 | 1.38.0-rc0.x |
mediawiki / mediawiki | 1.38.0-rc1 | 1.38.0-rc1.x |
mediawiki / mediawiki | 1.38.0 | 1.38.0.x |
mediawiki / mediawiki | 1.36.0 | 1.37.3 |
mediawiki / mediawiki | - | 1.35.7 |
fedoraproject / fedora | 36 | 36.x |
fedoraproject / fedora | 37 | 37.x |