Vulnerability · Published Oct 5, 2024 · Assigned by wikimedia-foundation
CVE-2024-47840Stored XSS through sidebar in Apex skin
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Mediawiki - Apex skin from The Wikimedia Foundation. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Apex skin allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - Apex skin: from 1.39.X before 1.39.9, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| The Wikimedia Foundation | Mediawiki - Apex skin | 1.39.x – before 1.39.91.41.x – before 1.41.31.42.x – before 1.42.2 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N