CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-42042

An issue was discovered in SpecialEditGrowthConfig in the GrowthExperiments extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The growthexperiments-edit-config-error-invalid-title MediaWiki message was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript.

3.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

4.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290692 Issue Tracking Patch
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ibeb13d032ca044af53f6b2334e27b6b97b6f4e9f Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2021-10-06 09:15

Updated : 2021-10-14 08:19

NVD link : CVE-2021-42042

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42042

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-79