Medium severity · published Dec 24, 2021
CVE-2021-45472
In MediaWiki through 1.37, XSS can occur in Wikibase because an external identifier property can have a URL format that includes a $1 formatter substitution marker, and the…
6.1
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In MediaWiki through 1.37, XSS can occur in Wikibase because an external identifier property can have a URL format that includes a $1 formatter substitution marker, and the javascript: URL scheme (among others) can be used.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35 · source: NVD
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.37 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45472
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45472
Third Party Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I37ece1dfdc80d38055067c9c4fa73ba591acd8bd
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7JNQA53K675TQBBJPZRAG5ZT6XES3IS/
Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297570
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