CVE-2021-42044

An issue was discovered in the Mentor dashboard in the GrowthExperiments extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The Growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-add-filter-total-edits-headline, growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-add-filter-starred-headline, growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-info-text, growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-info-legend-headline, and growthexperiments-mentor-dashboard-mentee-overview-active-ago MediaWiki messages were not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript.
References
Link Resource
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I858d55fb2eca9b50ac6ef5a6f2a7b2784f0fa0d6 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289408 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I858d55fb2eca9b50ac6ef5a6f2a7b2784f0fa0d6 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289408 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:27

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I858d55fb2eca9b50ac6ef5a6f2a7b2784f0fa0d6 - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I858d55fb2eca9b50ac6ef5a6f2a7b2784f0fa0d6 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289408 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289408 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-10-06 21:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:27


NVD link : CVE-2021-42044

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42044

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-42044


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Products Affected

mediawiki

  • mediawiki
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')