CVE-2022-34911

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().
References
Link Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T308471 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.38.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.38.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.38.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-07-02 20:15

Updated : 2022-07-12 19:22


NVD link : CVE-2022-34911

Mitre link : CVE-2022-34911


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Products Affected

mediawiki

  • mediawiki
CWE
CWE-79

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