Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-23176
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in MassMessage from MediaWiki. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the MassMessage extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:MassMessage?uselang=x-xss URL, the i18n key massmessage-form-page-help allows XSS.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| MediaWiki | MassMessage | 0 – before 1.40.2 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N