Vulnerability · Published Jan 10, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-22911
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in the mediawiki package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. E-Widgets does widget replacement in HTML attributes, which can lead to XSS, because widget authors often do not expect that their widget is executed in an HTML attribute context.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22911 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22911 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22911 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149488
- FEDORA-2023-30a7a812f0 vendor-advisory